pidgin: DoS when decoding non-UTF-8 strings in Yahoo protocol plugin
Published Feb 6, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.79%
Description
The Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly validate UTF-8 data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted byte sequences.
Affected products
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- ≤ 2.10.7
- 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
- 2.6.3
- 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
- 2.10.3
- 2.10.4
- 2.10.5
- 2.10.6
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
pidgin-0:2.6.6-32.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0139
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
pidgin-0:2.7.9-27.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0139
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
pidgin
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin-0:2.6.6-32.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0139 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pidgin-0:2.7.9-27.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0139 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | pidgin | Not affected | n/a |
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.79% (0.03790) | 89.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.79% (0.03790) | 88.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.29% (0.01286) | 77.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.03% (0.03035) | 77.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.29% (0.01286) | 78.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.28% (0.02279) | 90.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 19, 2023 | 2.28% (0.02279) | 88.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 2.57% (0.02574) | 88.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.56% (0.02557) | 88.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b0345c25f886 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=70 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6152 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056473 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6152
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6152
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b0345c25f886 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=70 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6152 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056473 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6152 | ||
| https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6152 |
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