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CVE-2012-1178

The msn_oim_report_to_user function in oim.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin...

5.0 MediumFix available

CVE-2012-1178 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Pidgin, published March 15, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.39%, the 83rd percentile. Fixed in pidgin 2.10.2-1.

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.

Exploit likelihood

2.39%Up 0.8 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

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.

Record
CVE-2012-1178
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-399
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2012-1178
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-1207 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2012-1207
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gxvf-mxfh-phm4 No score

The msn_oim_report_to_user function in oim.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin...

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.

Record
GHSA-gxvf-mxfh-phm4
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2012-1178
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-1178 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1178
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
pidgin
Debian:12
 before 2.10.2-1
2.10.2-1
pidgin
Debian:13
 before 2.10.2-1
2.10.2-1
pidgin
Debian:14
 before 2.10.2-1
2.10.2-1
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
finch
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
finch-devel
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
libpurple
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
pidgin
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5
 before 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
pidgin-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
pidgin-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
libpurple
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
pidgin
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
pidgin-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
finch
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
finch-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
libpurple-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
libpurple-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
libpurple-tcl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
pidgin-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
pidgin-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
pidgin-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
0:2.7.9-5.el6.2

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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