{"cve":"CVE-2012-2214","nvd":{"published":"2012-07-03T19:55:02.943","modified":"2026-06-16T23:41:11.770","status":"Modified","description":"proxy.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle canceled SOCKS5 connection attempts, which allows user-assisted remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a sequence of XMPP file-transfer requests.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/5f9d676cefdb","http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=62","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082","https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17886","http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/5f9d676cefdb"],"products":["pidgin:pidgin"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-2214","score":0.02195,"percentile":0.82473,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}