National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-3374
Original release date:07/07/2012
Last revised:07/27/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ded93865ef42
Type: Patch Information; Exploit
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=64
Type: Advisory
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2012:105
