CVE-2012-2369
Format string vulnerability in the log_message_cb function in otr-plugin.c in the Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) pidgin-otr plugin before 3.2.1 for Pidgin might allow remote attackers to execute
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in the log_message_cb function in otr-plugin.c in the Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) pidgin-otr plugin before 3.2.1 for Pidgin might allow remote attackers to execute
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
- 3.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.8% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2012-05-23 20:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:34Z2 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-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2ac16d142007d72cd147f9d5fb53221ee7be2c42bef0a29d99e4da97ea59c274
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201207-05http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-05.xml
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:0703http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00003.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2476http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2476
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20120516 Format string security flaw in pidgin-otrhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/16/2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pidgin-otr Fixed in 3.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pidgin-otr Fixed in 3.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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