CVE-2012-2318 Denial of service in n/a
Remote servers can crash Pidgin by sending crafted characters in MSN text messages, requiring an upgrade to fix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-2318?
CVE-2012-2318 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Pidgin Pidgin, published on 3 Jul 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2318?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pidgin Pidgin.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2318?
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-2012-2318 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2318 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pidgin Pidgin
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2318, GHSA-5cxv-7whw-jpv5.