CVE-2009-3085

Pidgin: NULL pointer dereference by processing a custom smiley (DoS)

Published Sep 8, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 does not properly handle an error IQ stanza during an attempted fetch of a custom smiley, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via XHTML-IM content with cid: images.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3069 The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 does not properly handle an error IQ stanza during an attempted fetch of a custom smiley, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via XHTML-IM content with cid: images.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-886-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 6:14 AM
Reserved
Sep 8, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 8, 2009, 6:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 3, 2009, 12:00 AM