Vulnerability in Pidgin

CVE-2009-1376

Multiple integer overflows in the msn_slplink_process_msg functions in the MSN protocol handler in (1) libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c and (2) libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 on 32-bit platforms allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed SLP message with a crafted offset value, leading to buffer overflows. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2927.

EPSS: 0.133 (96.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Pidgin — versions 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References