CVE-2012-1178
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.4%EU EUVD
The msn_oim_report_to_user function in oim.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an OIM message that lacks UTF-8 encoding.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 2.4% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1207)
- Published
- March 15, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1207 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pidgin / pidgin
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References
- http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14884
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/60f8379d0a610538cf42e0dd9ab1436c8b9308cd/with/3053d6a37cc6d8774aba7607b992a4408216adcd/libpurple/protocols/msn/oim.c
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3053d6a37cc6d8774aba7607b992a4408216adcd
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=61(Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50005
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:029
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52475
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18019
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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