CVE-2012-2318 — Improper Input Validation in Pidgin

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation8 documents7 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PidginDebian Pidgin
Timeline
PublishedJul 3
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/pidgin< pidgin 2.10.4-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianpidgin/pidgin< 2.10.4-1+3
▶NVDpidgin/pidgin2.10.3+47

Patches

Patch: hg.pidgin.im ↗Patch: pidgin.im ↗Patch: hg.pidgin.im ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-5cxv-7whw-jpv5: msg↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2012-2318: msg↗2012-07-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerabilities↗2012-07-09
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Red Hat
pidgin: Improper validation of incoming plaintext messages in MSN protocol plug-in↗2012-05-06
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Debian
CVE-2012-2318: pidgin - msg.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not p...↗2012
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2318 pidgin: Improper validation of incoming plaintext messages in MSN protocol plug-in↗2012-05-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2214 CVE-2012-2318 pidgin various flaws [fedora-all]↗2012-05-07
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