CVE-2009-2703 — 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 BufferCWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference7 documents7 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.29%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PidginDebian Pidgin
Timeline
PublishedSep 8
Latest updateMay 2

Description

libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC message that lacks a topic string.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/pidgin< pidgin 2.6.2 (bookworm)
▶Debianpidgin/pidgin< 2.6.2+3
▶NVDpidgin/pidgin2.6.1+25

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-v47c-w69f-367c: libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2009-2703: libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs↗2009-09-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerabilities↗2010-01-18
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Red Hat
Pidgin: NULL pointer dereference by handling IRC topic(s) (DoS)↗2009-09-03
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Debian
CVE-2009-2703: pidgin - libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin...↗2009
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-2703 Pidgin: NULL pointer dereference by handling IRC topic(s) (DoS)↗2009-09-08
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