Path traversal in Pidgin - CVE-2014-3697
Published: October 29, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41185
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3697
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: pidgin.im
Affected software:
Pidgin
Pidgin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the untar_block function in win32/untar.c in Pidgin before 2.10.10 on Windows allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a drive name in a tar archive of a smiley theme.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3697
Install update from vendor's website.