{"id":"CVE-2012-6152","aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6152","EUVD-2012-6008","GHSA-87f8-23g9-6299","MGASA-2014-0034","RHSA-2014:0139","openSUSE-SU-2024:10432-1"],"status":"published","title":"The Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly validate UTF-8...","description":"The Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly validate UTF-8 data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted byte sequences.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.0379,"percentile":0.90053,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"published":"2014-02-05T15:31:44Z","modified":"2026-10-23T17:47:33Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"pidgin","fixed_in":["2.10.8-1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"pidgin","fixed_in":["2.10.8-1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"pidgin","fixed_in":["2.10.8-1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"pidgin","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.10.8-1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"pidgin","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.10.8-1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"pidgin","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.10.8-1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","package":"pidgin","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.10.9-1.mga3"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client","package":"finch","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.6.6-32.el5"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client","package":"libpurple","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.6.6-32.el5"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client","package":"libpurple-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.6.6-32.el5"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client","package":"libpurple-tcl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.6.6-32.el5"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client","package":"pidgin","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.6.6-32.el5"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client","package":"pidgin-debuginfo","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.6.6-32.el5"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client","package":"pidgin-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.6.6-32.el5"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation","package":"finch-devel","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.6.6-32.el5"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation","package":"libpurple-devel","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.6.6-32.el5"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation","package":"pidgin","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.6.6-32.el5"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation","package":"pidgin-debuginfo","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.6.6-32.el5"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation","package":"pidgin-devel","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.6.6-32.el5"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client","package":"libpurple","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client","package":"pidgin","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client","package":"pidgin-debuginfo","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client","package":"finch","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client","package":"finch-devel","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client","package":"libpurple-devel","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client","package":"libpurple-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client","package":"libpurple-tcl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client","package":"pidgin-devel","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client","package":"pidgin-docs","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client","package":"pidgin-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server","package":"finch","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server","package":"finch-devel","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server","package":"libpurple","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server","package":"libpurple-devel","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server","package":"libpurple-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server","package":"libpurple-tcl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server","package":"pidgin","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server","package":"pidgin-debuginfo","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server","package":"pidgin-devel","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server","package":"pidgin-docs","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server","package":"pidgin-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation","package":"libpurple","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation","package":"pidgin","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation","package":"pidgin-debuginfo","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation","package":"finch","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation","package":"finch-devel","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation","package":"libpurple-devel","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation","package":"libpurple-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation","package":"libpurple-tcl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation","package":"pidgin-devel","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation","package":"pidgin-docs","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation","package":"pidgin-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.7.9-27.el6"}]}],"bundled":13}],"products":[{"vendor":"pidgin","product":"pidgin"}],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT","x_transferred","advisory"]},{"url":"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=70","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web","article"]},{"url":"http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b0345c25f886","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU","x_transferred","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6152","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-87f8-23g9-6299"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6152","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0034.html","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12468","tags":["report"]},{"url":"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=71","tags":["web","article"]},{"url":"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=72","tags":["web","article"]},{"url":"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=73","tags":["web","article"]},{"url":"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=74","tags":["web","article"]},{"url":"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=75","tags":["web","article"]},{"url":"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=76","tags":["web","article"]},{"url":"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=77","tags":["web","article"]},{"url":"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=78","tags":["web","article"]},{"url":"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=79","tags":["web","article"]},{"url":"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=80","tags":["web","article"]},{"url":"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=82","tags":["web","article"]},{"url":"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=83","tags":["web","article"]},{"url":"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=84","tags":["web","article"]},{"url":"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=85","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0139","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate","tags":["article"]},{"url":"http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/","tags":["article"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056473","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056479","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056904","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056907","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056908","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056913","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1056978","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057481","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057484","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057489","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057490","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057498","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057502","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2014/rhsa-2014_0139.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6152","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6152","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6477","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6477","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6477","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6478","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6478","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6478","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6479","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6479","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6479","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6481","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6481","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6481","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6482","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6482","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6482","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6483","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6483","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6483","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6484","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6484","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6484","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6485","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6485","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6485","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6487","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6487","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6487","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6489","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6489","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6489","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6490","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6490","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6490","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0020","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0020","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0020","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=85","tags":["article"]},{"url":"","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2694","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2703","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3026","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3083","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3084","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3085","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3615","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0013","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0277","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0420","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0423","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1624","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2528","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3711","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1091","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3594","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2214","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3374","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6152","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0271","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0272","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0273","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0274","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6477","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6478","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6479","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6481","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6482","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6483","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6484","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6485","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6486","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6487","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0020","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3694","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3695","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3696","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3697","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3698","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2012-6152","description":"The Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly validate UTF-8 data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted byte sequences.","status":"published","published":"2014-02-06T15:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T21:28:39.854Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:51.269982Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2012-6008","description":"The Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly validate UTF-8 data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted byte sequences.","status":"published","published":"2014-02-06T15:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T21:28:39Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:56:02.968969Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-87f8-23g9-6299","title":"The Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly validate UTF-8...","description":"The Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly validate UTF-8 data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted byte sequences.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-17T04:49:28Z","modified":"2023-01-28T05:02:35Z","cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:43:48.829893Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2012-6152","description":"The Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly validate UTF-8 data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted byte sequences.","status":"published","published":"2014-02-06T16:10:58.03Z","modified":"2026-06-16T23:47:55.247Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:02:17.375282Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2012-6152","description":"The Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly validate UTF-8 data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted byte sequences.","status":"published","published":"2014-02-06T16:10:58Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:16:17.155832443Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:58.802805Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6152","description":"The Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly validate UTF-8 data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted byte sequences.","status":"published","published":"2014-02-06T16:10:58.03Z","modified":"2026-10-23T17:47:33.933284952Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:25.218101Z"},{"id":"MGASA-2014-0034","title":"Updated pidgin package fixes security vulnerabilities","description":"Many places in the Yahoo! protocol plugin assumed incoming strings were\nUTF-8 and failed to transcode from non-UTF-8 encodings. This can lead to a\ncrash  when receiving strings that aren't UTF-8 (CVE-2012-6152).\n\nA remote XMPP user can trigger a crash on some systems by sending a\nmessage with a timestamp in the distant future (CVE-2013-6477).\n\nlibX11 forcefully exits causing a crash when Pidgin tries to create an\nexceptionally wide tooltip window when hovering the pointer over a long\nURL (CVE-2013-6478).\n\nA malicious server or man-in-the-middle could send a malformed HTTP\nresponse that could lead to a crash (CVE-2013-6479).\n\nThe Yahoo! protocol plugin failed to validate a length field before trying\nto read from a buffer, which could result in reading past the end of the\nbuffer which could cause a crash when reading a P2P message\n(CVE-2013-6481).\n\nNULL pointer dereferences in the MSN protocol plugin due to a malformed\nContent-Length header, or a malicious server or man-in-the-middle sending\na specially crafted OIM data XML response or SOAP response\n(CVE-2013-6482).\n\nThe XMPP protocol plugin failed to ensure that iq replies came from the\nperson they were sent to. A remote user could send a spoofed iq reply and\nattempt to guess the iq id. This could allow an attacker to inject fake\ndata or trigger a null pointer dereference (CVE-2013-6483).\n\nIncorrect error handling when reading the response from a STUN server\ncould lead to a crash (CVE-2013-6484).\n\nA malicious server or man-in-the-middle could cause a buffer overflow by\nsending a malformed HTTP response with chunked Transfer-Encoding with\ninvalid chunk sizes (CVE-2013-6485).\n\nA malicious server or man-in-the-middle could send a large value for\nContent-Length and cause an integer overflow which could lead to a buffer\noverflow in Gadu-Gadu HTTP parsing (CVE-2013-6487).\n\nA specially crafted emoticon value could cause an integer overflow which\ncould lead to a buffer overflow in MXit emoticon parsing (CVE-2013-6489).\n\nA Content-Length of -1 could lead to a buffer overflow in SIMPLE header\nparsing (CVE-2013-6490).\n\nA malicious server or man-in-the-middle could trigger a crash in IRC\nargument parsing in libpurple by sending a message with fewer than\nexpected arguments\n(CVE-2014-0020).\n","status":"published","published":"2014-02-05T15:31:44Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:23:42.117407209Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:39.121227Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2024:10432-1","title":"finch-2.11.0-4.1 on GA media","description":"These are all security issues fixed in the finch-2.11.0-4.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-15T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-02-04T03:44:25.607902Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:34.487567Z"},{"id":"RHSA-2014:0139","title":"Red Hat Security Advisory: pidgin security update","status":"published","published":"2024-09-15T21:22:06Z","modified":"2026-06-28T10:09:31Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:01.993625Z"}]}}