CVE-2012-3461

mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.034 · 89 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
3.44% (89th) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Is it mine?
8 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · 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.

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4.3
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9
v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v2.03.7lowAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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affected products (8)

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also known as (11)

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published 2012-08-20modified 2026-06-16
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