Pidgin
CVE-2012-2214
LOW
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
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.
AnalysisAI
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. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-399. 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. Affected products include: Pidgin. Version information: before 2.10.4.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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Same weakness CWE-399 – Resource Management Errors
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