CVE-2012-1178 Denial of service in n/a
Remote servers can crash the Pidgin instant messenger application by sending malformed MSN OIM messages lacking UTF-8 encoding.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-1178?
CVE-2012-1178 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Pidgin Pidgin, published on 15 Mar 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The msn_oim_report_to_user function in oim.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an OIM message that lacks UTF-8 encoding.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1178?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pidgin Pidgin.
How do I fix CVE-2012-1178?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-1178 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1178 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pidgin Pidgin
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1178, GHSA-gxvf-mxfh-phm4.