PT-2012-6336 · Pidgin+3 · Pidgin+5

Ulf Harnhammar · Published 1970-01-01 · Updated 2017-12-01 · CVE-2012-3374

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pidgin versions prior to 2.10.5 Finch (affected versions not specified) Finch-devel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted inline image in a message, potentially leading to disruption of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. This can be exploited remotely.

Recommendations For Pidgin versions prior to 2.10.5, update to version 2.10.5 or later to resolve the issue. For Finch, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For Finch-devel, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-04505

BDU:2015-04506

CESA-2012_1102

CVE-2012-3374

DSA-2509-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10432-1

RHSA-2012:1102

RHSA-2012_1102

SUSE-SU-2012_0890-1

Affected Products

Centos

Finch

Finch-Devel

Pidgin

Red Hat

Suse

References · 33

• 🔥 http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ded93865ef42 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04506 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00009.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2318 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3374 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-3374 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3374 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04505 · Security Note
• http://pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=64 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3374 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:105 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3374 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-1102.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1178 · Security Note