date: 2010-12-26T00:00:00.000Z
summary: MSN direct connection denial of service
discoveredBy: Stu Tomlinson
It was discovered that libpurple 2.7.6 through 2.7.8 did not properly handle
"short" packets in MSN direct connection sessions, leading to a crash due to a
NULL pointer dereference. Malicious clients or users can exploit this to cause a
denial of service (crash).