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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 29, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2014-3697

CVE-2014-3697

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.

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Affected products

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  • Pidgin (software)/Pidgin11 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.10.9
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <2.10.10

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