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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…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.7%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
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 placing these characters in a text/plain message.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% 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: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 53400 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:082 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17448 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 50005 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0866 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
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