CVE-2009-1375

Pidgin < 2.5.6 - Denial of Service via XMPP or Sametime Protocol Buffer Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (21)

Core 21
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:173
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00075.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1060.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500491
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-07.xml
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35067
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00051.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35329
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-781-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/54649
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1805
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35294
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35188
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10829
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35194
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00033.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35202
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35215
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1396
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=31
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50683

Scores

EPSS 0.0231
EPSS Percentile 81.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (20)
pidgin/pidgin 2.0.0
pidgin/pidgin 2.0.1
pidgin/pidgin 2.0.2 (2 CPE variants)
pidgin/pidgin 2.1.0
pidgin/pidgin 2.1.1
pidgin/pidgin 2.2.0
pidgin/pidgin 2.2.1
pidgin/pidgin 2.2.2
pidgin/pidgin 2.3.0
pidgin/pidgin 2.3.1
... and 10 more
Published May 26, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026