CVE-2012-3374

Buffer overflow in markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.5...

7.5 HighFix available

Buffer overflow in markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted inline image in a message.

Exploit likelihood

6.40%Down 1.4 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Buffer overflow in markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted inline image in a message.

Record: CVE-2012-3374
CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Buffer overflow in markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted inline image in a message.

Record: CVE-2012-3374
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2012-3347 No score

Buffer overflow in markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted inline image in a message.

Record: EUVD-2012-3347
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q7fv-r5c8-cpcg No score

Buffer overflow in markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.5...

Buffer overflow in markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted inline image in a message.

Record: GHSA-q7fv-r5c8-cpcg
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

Buffer overflow in markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted inline image in a message.

Record: CVE-2012-3374
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-3374 No score

Buffer overflow in markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted inline image in a message.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3374
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10432-1 No score

finch-2.11.0-4.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the finch-2.11.0-4.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2024:10432-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

pidgin

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`pidgin` Debian:12	before 2.10.6-1	2.10.6-1
`pidgin` Debian:13	before 2.10.6-1	2.10.6-1
`pidgin` Debian:14	before 2.10.6-1	2.10.6-1
`pidgin` Debian:6.0	before 2.7.3-1+squeeze3, plus listed versions 2.7.3-1+squeeze12.7.3-1+squeeze2	2.7.3-1+squeeze3
`finch` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`libpurple` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`libpurple-perl` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`libpurple-tcl` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`pidgin` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`pidgin-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`pidgin-perl` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`finch-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`libpurple-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`pidgin` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`pidgin-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`pidgin-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`finch` Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`finch-devel` Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`libpurple` Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`libpurple-devel` Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`libpurple-perl` Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`libpurple-tcl` Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`pidgin` Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`pidgin-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`pidgin-devel` Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`pidgin-perl` Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4	0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
`libpurple` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`pidgin` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`pidgin-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`finch` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`finch-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`libpurple-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`libpurple-perl` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`libpurple-tcl` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`pidgin-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`pidgin-docs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`pidgin-perl` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`finch` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`finch-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`libpurple` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`libpurple-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`libpurple-perl` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`libpurple-tcl` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`pidgin` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`pidgin-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`pidgin-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`pidgin-docs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`pidgin-perl` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`libpurple` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`pidgin` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`pidgin-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`finch` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`finch-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`libpurple-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`libpurple-perl` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`libpurple-tcl` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`pidgin-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`pidgin-docs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
`pidgin-perl` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2	0:2.7.9-5.el6.2

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2012-3374 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Pidgin, published July 7, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.40%, the 93rd percentile. Fixed in pidgin 2.10.6-1.

References

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