CVE-2012-6152

N/A Unknown
Published: February 06, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=70
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b0345c25f886
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=70
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.1%
79th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

pidgin