CVE catalog
CVE-2012-2214
pidgin: CVE-2012-2214
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.20% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pidgin | sid | 2.14.14-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pidgin | forky | 2.14.14-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pidgin | trixie | 2.14.14-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pidgin | bookworm | 2.14.12-1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pidgin | source | sid | 2.10.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pidgin | source | forky | 2.10.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pidgin | source | trixie | 2.10.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pidgin | source | bookworm | 2.10.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [finch]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.12-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
2.14.12-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
- [finch-dev]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.12-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
2.14.12-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
- [libpurple0]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.12-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
2.14.12-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
- [libpurple-bin]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.12-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
2.14.12-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
- [libpurple-dev]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.12-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
2.14.12-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
- [pidgin]Fixed
Details (2)
2.14.12-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
2.14.12-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
- [pidgin-data]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.12-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
2.14.12-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
- [pidgin-dev]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.12-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
2.14.12-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [finch]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.14-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
2.14.14-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
- [finch-dev]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.14-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
2.14.14-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
- [libpurple0t64]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.14-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
2.14.14-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
- [libpurple-bin]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.14-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
2.14.14-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
- [libpurple-dev]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.14-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
2.14.14-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
- [pidgin]Fixed
Details (2)
2.14.14-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
2.14.14-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
- [pidgin-data]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.14-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
2.14.14-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
- [pidgin-dev]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.14-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
2.14.14-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.10.4-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10432-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2214]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2214]
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