CVE-2012-3374 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Pidgin

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
4.7%
top 10.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PidginDebian Pidgin
Timeline
PublishedJul 7
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Buffer overflow in markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted inline image in a message.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/pidgin< pidgin 2.10.6-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianpidgin/pidgin< 2.10.6-1+3
▶NVDpidgin/pidgin2.10.4+48

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-q7fv-r5c8-cpcg: Buffer overflow in markup↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2012-3374: Buffer overflow in markup↗2012-07-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerabilities↗2012-07-09
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Red Hat
pidgin: Stack-based buffer overwrite in MXit protocol libPurple plug-in↗2012-07-05
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Debian
CVE-2012-3374: pidgin - Buffer overflow in markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin b...↗2012
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-3374 pidgin: Stack-based buffer overwrite in MXit protocol libPurple plug-in [fedora-all]↗2012-07-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-3374 pidgin: Stack-based buffer overwrite in MXit protocol libPurple plug-in↗2012-07-03
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