Buffer overflow in Pidgin
CVE-2009-1375
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.023 (81.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Pidgin — versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)