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CVE-2012-2214
proxy.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle canceled SOCKS5 connection attempts, which allows user-assisted…
Low3.5EPSS 2.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
proxy.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle canceled SOCKS5 connection attempts, which allows user-assisted remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a sequence of XMPP file-transfer requests.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 18% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/5f9d676cefdb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17886 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=62 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:082 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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