CVE-2010-0013

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.

Published: 2010-01-09 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-0013 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.50%, 96th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-0013

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
11203 exploit_db edb 2010-01-19 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0013

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 12.85% 12.50% -0.35%
2 2025-12-13 12.31% 12.85% +0.54%
3 2025-03-30 — 12.31% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0013

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-0013

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-0013

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2010-0013 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (pidgin), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0013
gentoo high CVE-2010-0013: 1 GLSA(s) (201206-11), 1 atom(s) (net-im/pidgin); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-0013
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0013
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-0013 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (pidgin), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 3, DNE 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-0013

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0013

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adium adium 1.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pidgin pidgin 2.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 11 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 12 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse >= 11.0, <= 11.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:11.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 10 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp2:*:*:-:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 10 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp3:*:*:-:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0013

URL Tags
http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467 Broken Link
http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/4be2df4f72bd8a55cdae7f2554b73342a497c92f Broken Link
http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273541afbc4f71b810 Broken Link
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467/with/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273541afbc4f71b810/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c Broken Link
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html Product
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033771.html Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033848.html Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/37953 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37954 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37961 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-277450-1 Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1022203.1-1 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/02/1 Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/1 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/2 Mailing List
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3662 Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3663 Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020 Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552483 Issue Tracking Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10333 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17620 Broken Link
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