Buffer overflow in Pidgin Libpurple

CVE-2009-3083

The msn_slp_sip_recv function in libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an SLP invite message that lacks certain required fields, as demonstrated by a malformed message from a KMess client.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.027 (84.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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