fkie_cve-2012-2318
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2012-07-03 19:55
Modified
2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4Exploit, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/50005
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53400
secalert@redhat.comhttps://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136503
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17448
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50005
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53400
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136503
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17448
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pidgin pidgin *
pidgin pidgin 2.0.0
pidgin pidgin 2.0.1
pidgin pidgin 2.0.2
pidgin pidgin 2.1.0
pidgin pidgin 2.1.1
pidgin pidgin 2.2.0
pidgin pidgin 2.2.1
pidgin pidgin 2.2.2
pidgin pidgin 2.3.0
pidgin pidgin 2.3.1
pidgin pidgin 2.4.0
pidgin pidgin 2.4.1
pidgin pidgin 2.4.2
pidgin pidgin 2.4.3
pidgin pidgin 2.5.0
pidgin pidgin 2.5.1
pidgin pidgin 2.5.2
pidgin pidgin 2.5.3
pidgin pidgin 2.5.4
pidgin pidgin 2.5.5
pidgin pidgin 2.5.6
pidgin pidgin 2.5.7
pidgin pidgin 2.5.8
pidgin pidgin 2.5.9
pidgin pidgin 2.6.0
pidgin pidgin 2.6.1
pidgin pidgin 2.6.2
pidgin pidgin 2.6.4
pidgin pidgin 2.6.5
pidgin pidgin 2.6.6
pidgin pidgin 2.7.0
pidgin pidgin 2.7.1
pidgin pidgin 2.7.2
pidgin pidgin 2.7.3
pidgin pidgin 2.7.4
pidgin pidgin 2.7.5
pidgin pidgin 2.7.6
pidgin pidgin 2.7.7
pidgin pidgin 2.7.8
pidgin pidgin 2.7.9
pidgin pidgin 2.7.10
pidgin pidgin 2.7.11
pidgin pidgin 2.8.0
pidgin pidgin 2.9.0
pidgin pidgin 2.10.0
pidgin pidgin 2.10.1
pidgin pidgin 2.10.2


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      "value": "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."
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      "value": "msg.c en el plugin del protocolo MSN en libpurple en Pidgin antes de v2.10.4 no trata correctamente los caracteres hechos a mano, lo que permite a servidores remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (ca\u00edda de la aplicaci\u00f3n) mediante la colocaci\u00f3n de estos caracteres en un mensaje de texto plano (text/plain)."
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  "id": "CVE-2012-2318",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-11T00:51:21.963",
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        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
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          "baseScore": 5.0,
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          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
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