CVE-2009-1889

pidgin: DoS via specially-crafted ICQWebMessage

Published Jul 1, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
The OSCAR protocol implementation in Pidgin before 2.5.8 misinterprets the ICQWebMessage message type as the ICQSMS message type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ICQ web message that triggers allocation of a large amount of memory.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-1884 The OSCAR protocol implementation in Pidgin before 2.5.8 misinterprets the ICQWebMessage message type as the ICQSMS message type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ICQ web message that triggers allocation of a large amount of memory.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-796-1 Pidgin vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.03592}

epss

{'score': 0.03236}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 5:27 AM
Reserved
Jun 2, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 1, 2009, 1:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:08 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 28, 2009, 12:00 AM