Description
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.
Published: 2014-10-29
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: 1.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-3643 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:50:18.265Z

Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3697

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-10-29T10:55:04.447

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-3697

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