VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-3085
The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 does not properly handle an error IQ stanza during an attempted fetch of a custom smiley, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via XHTML-IM content…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.69%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 does not properly handle an error IQ stanza during an attempted fetch of a custom smiley, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via XHTML-IM content with cid: images.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.69% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- pidgin/libpurple · pidgin/pidgin
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/fd5955618eddcd84d522b30ff11102f9601f38c8Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36601Vendor Advisory
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=37Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36277
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11223
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6434
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/fd5955618eddcd84d522b30ff11102f9601f38c8Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36601Vendor Advisory
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=37Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36277
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11223
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6434
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.