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.
Published: 2012-07-03
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-2311 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1500-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:26:08.990Z

Reserved: 2012-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2318

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-07-03T19:55:03.020

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

Link: CVE-2012-2318

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2012-2318 - Bugzilla

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