Name: CVE-2014-3697: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2014-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2014-3697, CWE-22, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.01028

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Freebsd	—	Upgrade libpurpleUpgrade pidgin	Dec 10, 2025	Oct 24, 2014
Suse	—	Upgrade libpurple-tclUpgrade pidginUpgrade libpurpleUpgrade finchUpgrade libpurple-develUpgrade libpurple-plugin-sametimeUpgrade libpurple-meanwhileUpgrade pidgin-develUpgrade libpurple-branding-upstreamUpgrade finch-develUpgrade libpurple-lang	Dec 18, 2015	Oct 29, 2014

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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