CVE-2012-6152 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Pidgin instant messenger application by sending crafted UTF-8 data via the Yahoo! protocol.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-6152?
CVE-2012-6152 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Pidgin Pidgin, published on 6 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly validate UTF-8 data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted byte sequences.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6152?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pidgin Pidgin.
How do I fix CVE-2012-6152?
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-2012-6152 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6152 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pidgin Pidgin
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6152, GHSA-87f8-23g9-6299.