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CVE-2012-2214

proxy.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle canceled SOCKS5 connection attempts, which allows user-assisted remote authenticated user…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
PidginPidgin
through 2.10.3
Versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.1.1

Weakness classification

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