Pidgin · Pidgin · CVE-2010-4528
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Pidgin versions 2.7.6 through 2.7.8
**Description**
The issue allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and application crash. This occurs via a short p2pv2 packet in a DirectConnect session.
**Recommendations**
For versions 2.7.6 through 2.7.8, update to version 2.7.9 or later to resolve the issue.