MEDIUM
pidgin: Improper validation of incoming plaintext messages in MSN protocol plug-in
Published Jul 3, 2012
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.71%
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 products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 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-0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1102
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
pidgin-0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1102
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin-0:2.6.6-11.el5.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1102 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pidgin-0:2.7.9-5.el6.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1102 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.71% 0.01714
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01714
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 | 1.71% (0.01714) | 76.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.71% (0.01714) | 74.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.88% (0.00875) | 73.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.98% (0.01981) | 72.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.88% (0.00884) | 73.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.23% (0.01234) | 86.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 2, 2024 | 1.23% (0.01234) | 85.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.23% (0.01234) | 83.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 60.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 58.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 35.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50005 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53400 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2318 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819446 Issue Tracking
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136503 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2318
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17448 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2318
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50005 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53400 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2318 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819446 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136503 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2318 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17448 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2318 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jul 3, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Apr 19, 2012
Link CVE-2012-2318
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a