pidgin: Invalid memory dereference in the XMPP protocol plug-in by processing serie of specially-crafted file transfer requests
Published Jul 3, 2012
3.5
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.20%
Description
proxy.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle canceled SOCKS5 connection attempts, which allows user-assisted remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a sequence of XMPP file-transfer requests.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.10.3
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.1
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.3
- 2.5.0
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.2
- 2.5.3
- 2.5.4
- 2.5.5
- 2.5.6
- 2.5.7
- 2.5.8
- 2.5.9
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.6
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.1
- 2.7.2
- 2.7.3
- 2.7.4
- 2.7.5
- 2.7.6
- 2.7.7
- 2.7.8
- 2.7.9
- 2.7.10
- 2.7.11
- 2.8.0
- 2.9.0
- 2.10.0
- 2.10.1
- 2.10.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
pidgin
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
pidgin
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pidgin | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of pidgin as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.20% (0.02195) | 81.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.20% (0.02195) | 80.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.54% (0.00543) | 65.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.56% (0.01558) | 69.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.55% (0.00548) | 65.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.32% (0.00320) | 71.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.32% (0.00320) | 69.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.32% (0.00320) | 65.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 56.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 22, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 54.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 52.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 30.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/5f9d676cefdb x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=62 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2214 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819449 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2214
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17886 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2214
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/5f9d676cefdb | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=62 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2214 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819449 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2214 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17886 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2214 |
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