CVE-2009-1889

The OSCAR protocol implementation in Pidgin before 2.5.8 misinterprets the ICQWebMessage message type as the ICQSMS message type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ICQ web message that triggers allocation of a large amount of memory.
References
Link Resource
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2009-May/008227.html Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/35693
http://secunia.com/advisories/35697
http://secunia.com/advisories/35706
http://secunia.com/advisories/37071
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1139.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35530
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-796-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1749
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508738
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51448
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10004
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00162.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00176.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00228.html
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2009-May/008227.html Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/35693
http://secunia.com/advisories/35697
http://secunia.com/advisories/35706
http://secunia.com/advisories/37071
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1139.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35530
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-796-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1749
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508738
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51448
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10004
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00162.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00176.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00228.html
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.3:32_bit:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.4:32_bit:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.5:32_bit:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2009-07-01 13:00

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30


NVD link : CVE-2009-1889

Mitre link : CVE-2009-1889

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-1889


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Products Affected

pidgin

  • pidgin
CWE
CWE-399

Resource Management Errors