CVE-2012-2318 (GCVE-0-2012-2318)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-03 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:26
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1045 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/50005 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136503 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2012-05-06 00:00
Show details on NVD website

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}



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