CVE-2012-6152

pidgin: DoS when decoding non-UTF-8 strings in Yahoo protocol plugin

Published Feb 6, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.8% KEV · Not listed
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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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-6008 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2100-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 9:28 PM
Reserved
Dec 6, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 6, 2014, 4:10 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:47 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 28, 2014, 12:00 AM