DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6152

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6152
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6152.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6152
Upstream
Published
2014-02-06T16:10:58Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:22:21Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

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
2.10.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

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
2.10.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

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
2.10.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

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
2.10.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}