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CVE-2012-2369

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2369 describes a format string vulnerability in the pidgin-otr plugin (before version 3.2.1) for Pidgin, specifically within the log_message_cb function, affecting various Pidgin and cypherpunks pidgin-otr products. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity, as it allows unauthenticated remote attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code by injecting format string specifiers into log messages. While the vulnerability is severe, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cypherpunks:pidgin-otr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0356 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00003.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/05/16/2
Patch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201207-05.xml
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2476