{"cve":"CVE-2012-2318","nvd":{"published":"2012-07-03T19:55:03.020","modified":"2026-06-16T23:41:20.933","status":"Modified","description":"msg.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle crafted characters, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by placing these characters in a text/plain message.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4","http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/50005","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082"],"products":["pidgin:pidgin"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-2318","score":0.01714,"percentile":0.77396,"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."]}