CVE - CVE-2012-2318

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-2318	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:53400 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53400 CONFIRM:http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4 CONFIRM:http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2012:082 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082~~ (Obsolete source) OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17448 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17448 REDHAT:RHSA-2012:1102 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html SECUNIA:50005 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50005 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:0866 URL:https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136503
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120419	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120419)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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