When was CVE-2012-1178 disclosed?

CVE-2012-1178 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 15, 2012, with the most recent update on April 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2012-1178 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-1178 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 78.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2012-1178?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2012-1178, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2012-1178

NONENVD 0.0

0.0

The msn_oim_report_to_user function in oim.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an OIM message that lacks UTF-8 encoding.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 78.6%
KEV: Not listed

References (18)

secalert@redhathttp://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14884
secalert@redhathttp://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/60f8379d0a610538cf42e0dd9ab1436c8b9308cd/with/3053d6a37cc6d8774aba7607b992a4408216adcd/libpurple/protocols/msn/oim.c
secalert@redhathttp://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3053d6a37cc6d8774aba7607b992a4408216adcd
secalert@redhathttp://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=61
secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/50005
secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:029
secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52475
secalert@redhathttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18019
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14884
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/60f8379d0a610538cf42e0dd9ab1436c8b9308cd/with/3053d6a37cc6d8774aba7607b992a4408216adcd/libpurple/protocols/msn/oim.c
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3053d6a37cc6d8774aba7607b992a4408216adcd
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=61
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50005

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