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CVE-2012-2318

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 1.71%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-07-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2012-2318
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
1.71%

Original NVD Description

msg.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle crafted characters, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by placing these characters in a text/plain message.