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CVE-2012-3374
Buffer overflow in markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
High7.5EPSS 6.4%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 23 days later
· 23 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.4% · top 6.3% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- SUSE-SU-2012:0890 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=64 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17678 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 50005 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:105 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ded93865ef42 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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