CVE-2009-3615

Pidgin: Invalid pointer dereference (crash) after receiving contacts from SIM IM client

Published Oct 20, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
The OSCAR protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.3 and Adium before 1.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted contact-list data for (1) ICQ and possibly (2) AIM, as demonstrated by the SIM IM client.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1932-1 New pidgin packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3596 The OSCAR protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.3 and Adium before 1.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted contact-list data for (1) ICQ and possibly (2) AIM, as demonstrated by the SIM IM client.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-886-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.07248}

epss

{'score': 0.07985}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 6:31 AM
Reserved
Oct 9, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 20, 2009, 5:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:12 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 10, 2009, 12:00 AM