CVE-2009-1889 — Pidgin vulnerability

CWE-3997 documents7 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
3.2%
top 12.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PidginDebian Pidgin
Timeline
PublishedJul 1
Latest updateMay 2

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.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/pidgin< pidgin 2.5.8-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianpidgin/pidgin< 2.5.8-1+3
▶NVDpidgin/pidgin2.5.7+21

Patches

Patch: developer.pidgin.im ↗Patch: pidgin.im ↗Patch: developer.pidgin.im ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2pp9-7rv9-4rpg: The OSCAR protocol implementation in Pidgin before 2↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2009-1889: The OSCAR protocol implementation in Pidgin before 2↗2009-07-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerability↗2009-07-06
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Red Hat
pidgin: DoS via specially-crafted ICQWebMessage↗2009-05-28
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Debian
CVE-2009-1889: pidgin - The OSCAR protocol implementation in Pidgin before 2.5.8 misinterprets the ICQWe...↗2009
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-1889 pidgin: DoS via specially-crafted ICQWebMessage↗2009-06-29
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