CVE-2012-1178
EPSS 1.1%
Description
The msn_oim_report_to_user 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.
How to fix CVE-2012-1178
To remediate CVE-2012-1178, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pidgin—upgrade to 2.10.2-1 or later
Is CVE-2012-1178 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.10.2-1