The msn_oim_report_to_user function in oim.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an OIM message that lacks UTF-8 encoding.
CVE-2012-1178 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from pidgin organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2012-03-15T10:55:01.417
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | ≤ 2.10.1 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.0.0 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.1.0 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.1.1 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.2.0 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.2.1 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.2.2 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.3.0 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.3.1 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.4.0 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.4.1 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.4.2 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.4.3 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.0 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.1 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.2 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.3 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.4 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.5 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.6 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.7 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.8 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.9 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.0 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.1 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.2 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.3 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.4 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.5 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.6 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.1 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.2 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.3 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.4 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.5 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.6 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.7 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.8 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.9 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.10 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.11 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.8.0 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.9.0 | Yes |
| Application | pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.0 | Yes |
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