CVE-2012-2214
EPSS 0.54%
Description
proxy.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle canceled SOCKS5 connection attempts, which allows user-assisted remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a sequence of XMPP file-transfer requests.
How to fix CVE-2012-2214
To remediate CVE-2012-2214, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pidgin—upgrade to 2.10.4-1 or later
Is CVE-2012-2214 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.10.4-1