DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1178

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1178
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1178.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1178
Upstream
Published
2012-03-15T10:55:01Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:04:16Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The msnoimreporttouser function in oim.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an OIM message that lacks UTF-8 encoding.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.10.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.10.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.10.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.10.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}