CVE-2009-1374 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Pidgin

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer8 documents7 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
4.5%
top 10.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PidginDebian Pidgin
Timeline
PublishedMay 26
Latest updateMay 2

Description

Buffer overflow in the decrypt_out function in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a QQ packet.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/pidgin< pidgin 2.5.6-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianpidgin/pidgin< 2.5.6-1+3
▶NVDpidgin/pidgin2.5.5+19

Patches

Patch: www.pidgin.im ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗Patch: www.pidgin.im ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xqc5-v83h-8w57: Buffer overflow in the decrypt_out function in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2009-1374: Buffer overflow in the decrypt_out function in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2↗2009-05-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerabilities↗2009-06-03
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Red Hat
pidgin DoS when decrypting qq packets↗2009-05-03
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Debian
CVE-2009-1374: pidgin - Buffer overflow in the decrypt_out function in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5...↗2009
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-1376 CVE-2009-1373 CVE-2009-1374 CVE-2009-1375 Multiple pidgin vulnerabilities↗2009-05-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2009-1374 pidgin DoS when decrypting qq packets↗2009-05-12
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