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.
Published: 2012-07-03
Score: 3.5 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-2208 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1500-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:26:09.015Z

Reserved: 2012-04-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2214

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-07-03T19:55:02.943

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2214

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-05-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-2214 - Bugzilla

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