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CVE-2012-1178

Published: Mar 15, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1178
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PidginPidgin*2.10.1 (including)
PidginPidgin2.0.0 (including)2.0.0 (including)
PidginPidgin2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
PidginPidgin2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
PidginPidgin2.1.0 (including)2.1.0 (including)
PidginPidgin2.1.1 (including)2.1.1 (including)
PidginPidgin2.2.0 (including)2.2.0 (including)
PidginPidgin2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
PidginPidgin2.2.2 (including)2.2.2 (including)
PidginPidgin2.3.0 (including)2.3.0 (including)
PidginPidgin2.3.1 (including)2.3.1 (including)
PidginPidgin2.4.0 (including)2.4.0 (including)
PidginPidgin2.4.1 (including)2.4.1 (including)
PidginPidgin2.4.2 (including)2.4.2 (including)
PidginPidgin2.4.3 (including)2.4.3 (including)
PidginPidgin2.5.0 (including)2.5.0 (including)
PidginPidgin2.5.1 (including)2.5.1 (including)
PidginPidgin2.5.2 (including)2.5.2 (including)
PidginPidgin2.5.3 (including)2.5.3 (including)
PidginPidgin2.5.4 (including)2.5.4 (including)
PidginPidgin2.5.5 (including)2.5.5 (including)
PidginPidgin2.5.6 (including)2.5.6 (including)
PidginPidgin2.5.7 (including)2.5.7 (including)
PidginPidgin2.5.8 (including)2.5.8 (including)
PidginPidgin2.5.9 (including)2.5.9 (including)
PidginPidgin2.6.0 (including)2.6.0 (including)
PidginPidgin2.6.1 (including)2.6.1 (including)
PidginPidgin2.6.2 (including)2.6.2 (including)
PidginPidgin2.6.3 (including)2.6.3 (including)
PidginPidgin2.6.4 (including)2.6.4 (including)
PidginPidgin2.6.5 (including)2.6.5 (including)
PidginPidgin2.6.6 (including)2.6.6 (including)
PidginPidgin2.7.1 (including)2.7.1 (including)
PidginPidgin2.7.2 (including)2.7.2 (including)
PidginPidgin2.7.3 (including)2.7.3 (including)
PidginPidgin2.7.4 (including)2.7.4 (including)
PidginPidgin2.7.5 (including)2.7.5 (including)
PidginPidgin2.7.6 (including)2.7.6 (including)
PidginPidgin2.7.7 (including)2.7.7 (including)
PidginPidgin2.7.8 (including)2.7.8 (including)
PidginPidgin2.7.9 (including)2.7.9 (including)
PidginPidgin2.7.10 (including)2.7.10 (including)
PidginPidgin2.7.11 (including)2.7.11 (including)
PidginPidgin2.8.0 (including)2.8.0 (including)
PidginPidgin2.9.0 (including)2.9.0 (including)
PidginPidgin2.10.0 (including)2.10.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatpidgin-0:2.6.6-11.el5.4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatpidgin-0:2.7.9-5.el6.2*
PidginUbuntuhardy*
PidginUbuntulucid*
PidginUbuntumaverick*
PidginUbuntunatty*
PidginUbuntuoneiric*
PidginUbuntuupstream*

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