CVE-2012-2318

Published: Jul 3, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (48)

Products: Pidgin: Pidgin

Pidgin

1 product

Pidgin

Configuration A

48 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Pidgin Pidgin	Up to 2.10.3
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.0.0
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.0.1
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.0.2
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.1.0
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.1.1
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.10.0
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.10.1
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.10.2
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.2.0
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.2.1
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.2.2
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.3.0
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.3.1
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.4.0
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.4.1
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.4.2
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.4.3
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.5.0
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.5.1
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.5.2
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.5.3
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.5.4
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.5.5
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.5.6
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.5.7
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.5.8
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.5.9
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.6.0
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.6.1
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.6.2
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.6.4
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.6.5
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.6.6
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.7.0
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.7.10
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.7.11
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.7.1
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.7.2
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.7.3
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.7.4
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.7.5
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.7.6
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.7.7
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.7.8
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.7.9
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.8.0
Pidgin Pidgin	Version 2.9.0