CVE-2012-2318

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 3, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-2318: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix