CVE-2012-3374 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2012-3374?

CVE-2012-3374 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Pidgin Pidgin, published on 7 Jul 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Buffer overflow in markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted inline image in a message.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3374?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pidgin Pidgin.

How do I fix CVE-2012-3374?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2012-3374 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3374 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3374, DSA-2509-1, GHSA-q7fv-r5c8-cpcg.