CVE-2009-3085 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Pidgin

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference7 documents7 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 23.58%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PidginDebian Pidgin
Timeline
PublishedSep 8
Latest updateMay 2

Description

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 does not properly handle an error IQ stanza during an attempted fetch of a custom smiley, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via XHTML-IM content with cid: images.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/pidgin< pidgin 2.6.2-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianpidgin/pidgin< 2.6.2-1+3
▶NVDpidgin/pidgin2.6.1+25

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pqhg-j5hh-cx9v: The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2009-3085: The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2↗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 processing a custom smiley (DoS)↗2009-09-03
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Debian
CVE-2009-3085: pidgin - The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 does not properly h...↗2009
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-3085 Pidgin: NULL pointer dereference by processing a custom smiley (DoS)↗2009-09-08
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