SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-2214

proxy.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle canceled SOCKS5 connection attempts, which allows user-assisted remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a sequence of XMPP file-transfer…

LOW 3.5EPSS 2.20%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

proxy.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle canceled SOCKS5 connection attempts, which allows user-assisted remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a sequence of XMPP file-transfer requests.

CVSS 2.0
3.5 LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
2.20% probability · 81th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
pidgin/pidgin
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.