Resource management error in Pidgin - CVE-2012-2214
Published: July 3, 2012 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32792
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2214
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: pidgin.im
Affected software:
Pidgin
Pidgin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform service disruption.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2214
Install update from vendor's website.