CVE-2009-1375 — 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
5.3%
top 9.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PidginDebian Pidgin
Timeline
PublishedMay 26
Latest updateMay 2

Description

The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 does not properly maintain a certain buffer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via vectors involving the (1) XMPP or (2) Sametime protocol.

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-5p6v-j9j4-qvgx: The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2009-1375: The PurpleCircBuffer implementation 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 PurpleCircBuffer corruption↗2009-03-20
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Debian
CVE-2009-1375: pidgin - The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 does ...↗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-2009-1375 pidgin PurpleCircBuffer corruption↗2009-05-12
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