CVE-2012-3374

high
Published 2012-07-07 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3374

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=64

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ded93865ef42

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.10.6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.10.6-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.10.6-1
debian debiansidfixed2.10.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.10.6-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
pidginpidgin{"endIncluding":"2.10.4"}
pidginpidgin2.0.0
pidginpidgin2.0.1
pidginpidgin2.0.2
pidginpidgin2.1.0
pidginpidgin2.1.1
pidginpidgin2.2.0
pidginpidgin2.2.1
pidginpidgin2.2.2
pidginpidgin2.3.0
pidginpidgin2.3.1
pidginpidgin2.4.0
pidginpidgin2.4.1
pidginpidgin2.4.2
pidginpidgin2.4.3
pidginpidgin2.5.0
pidginpidgin2.5.1
pidginpidgin2.5.2
pidginpidgin2.5.3
pidginpidgin2.5.4
pidginpidgin2.5.5
pidginpidgin2.5.6
pidginpidgin2.5.7
pidginpidgin2.5.8
pidginpidgin2.5.9
pidginpidgin2.6.0
pidginpidgin2.6.1
pidginpidgin2.6.2
pidginpidgin2.6.4
pidginpidgin2.6.5
pidginpidgin2.6.6
pidginpidgin2.7.0
pidginpidgin2.7.1
pidginpidgin2.7.2
pidginpidgin2.7.3
pidginpidgin2.7.4
pidginpidgin2.7.5
pidginpidgin2.7.6
pidginpidgin2.7.7
pidginpidgin2.7.8
pidginpidgin2.7.9
pidginpidgin2.7.10
pidginpidgin2.7.11
pidginpidgin2.8.0
pidginpidgin2.9.0
pidginpidgin2.10.0
pidginpidgin2.10.1
pidginpidgin2.10.2
pidginpidgin2.10.3

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.