CVE-2012-3461
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.034 · 89 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The (1) otrl_base64_otr_decode function in src/b64.c; (2) otrl_proto_data_read_flags and (3) otrl_proto_accept_data functions in src/proto.c; and (4) decode function in toolkit/parse.c in libotr before 3.2.1 allocates a zero-length buffer when decoding a base64 string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a message with the value "?OTR:===.", which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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affected products (8)
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references (49)
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- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=684121cnnvd
- http://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-dev/2012-July/001347.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-dev/2012-July/001348.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00016.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00019.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00019.htmlcnnvd
- http://otr.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=otr/libotr%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1902baee5d4b056850274ed0fa8c2409f1187435cnnvd
- http://otr.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=otr/libotr%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6d4ca89cf1d3c9a8aff696c3a846ac5a51f762c1cnnvd
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