CVE-2012-3374

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Pidgin: through 2.10.4; 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0 (+42)

References

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ded93865ef42
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00009.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/50005
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:105
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=64
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17678
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ded93865ef42
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00009.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/50005
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:105

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