CVE-2012-2369

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-05-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

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.

Affected products

Cypherpunks Pidgin-Otr: through 3.2.0

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00003.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/16/2
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/2012/05/16/2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-05.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2476

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