CVE-2012-2318

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-2318
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-07-03T19:55:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-12-29T02:29:18
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.10.3
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4 Exploit Patch
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136503
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53400
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/50005
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17448
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2318
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2318
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:54:05 Added to TrackCVE