Improper input validation in Pidgin

CVE-2012-6152

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.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.038 (88.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Pidgin — versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References