CVE-2012-2318
Pidgin < 2.10.4 - Denial of Service via MSN Protocol Text/Plain Message
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53400
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17448
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50005
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136503
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0171
EPSS Percentile
74.7%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (48)
pidgin/pidgin
2.0.0
pidgin/pidgin
2.0.1
pidgin/pidgin
2.0.2
pidgin/pidgin
2.1.0
pidgin/pidgin
2.1.1
pidgin/pidgin
2.2.0
pidgin/pidgin
2.2.1
pidgin/pidgin
2.2.2
pidgin/pidgin
2.3.0
pidgin/pidgin
2.3.1
... and 38 more
Published
Jul 03, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026