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libpurple suffers from very poor code quality, leading to tons of exploitable vulnerabilities. Just as you would expect when writing C parsers for lots of complicated protocols.

libpurple suffers from very poor code quality, leading to tons of exploitable vulnerabilities. Just as you would expect when writing C parsers for lots of complicated protocols.

Is this your personal feeling or do you have something to back this up? A quick look at the source code suggests it's basically like any other glib based program.

These are just public ones:

https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-6938...

Filter by CVSS > 6, note the number of execs. Enjoy.

This is a commonly known fact, not just my personal feeling.

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