| Summary | Remote crash parsing malformed MXit emoticon |
|---|---|
| Date | 2014-10-22 |
| CVE Number | CVE-2014-3695 |
| Discovered By | Yves Younan and Richard Johnson of Cisco Talos |
| Fixed In Release | 2.10.10 |
A malicious server or man-in-the-middle could trigger a crash in libpurple by sending an emoticon with an overly large length value.
Verify that the length value is valid before attempting to read data from the buffer.