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UK Cyber Defence
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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.