CVE-2012-2318
msg.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle crafted characters, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by
02 Description
msg.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle crafted characters, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-07-03 19:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-04-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d6224029478b95262f64b8294e05a16c40c21b764d48d21be4c948ebf84f0e3c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com53400http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53400
- hg.pidgin.imhttp://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4
- pidgin.imhttp://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:082http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:17448https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17448
- secunia.com50005http://secunia.com/advisories/50005
- hermes.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0866https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136503
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1102http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pidgin Fixed in 2.10.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pidgin Fixed in 2.10.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pidgin Fixed in 2.10.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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