CVE-2012-3374
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 6.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 6.4% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3347)
- Published
- July 7, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3347 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/ded93865ef42(Exploit, Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00009.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50005
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:105
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=64(Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17678
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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