CVE-2012-2369
Format string vulnerability in the log_message_cb function in otr-plugin.c in the Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) pidgin-otr plugin before 3.2.1 for Pidgin might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in data that…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Format string vulnerability in the log_message_cb function in otr-plugin.c in the Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) pidgin-otr plugin before 3.2.1 for Pidgin might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in data that generates a log message.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.56% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-134
- Affected
- cypherpunks/pidgin-otr
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00003.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/16/2Patch
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-05.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2476
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00003.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/16/2Patch
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-05.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2476
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.