CVE-2012-2318
CVE-2012-2318
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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.
EPSS 1.7% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
Original sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53400
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17448
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50005
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136503
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2318