CVE-2012-2318
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
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.
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-20
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2311)
- Published
- July 3, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2311 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://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4(Exploit, Patch)
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50005
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53400
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136503
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17448
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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