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…

published July 3, 2012

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
82.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02195 · 82.2th percentile
Published
2012-07-03T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 JUL 19:00Z
    proxy.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle canceled SOCKS5 connection attempts, which allows user-assisted remote authenticated…
    cvelistv5