VDB
CVE-2009-1889
CVE-2009-1889
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 3.38% · 88.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
5
EPSS Score
3.38%
88.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.4, 0, 2.0.0 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Jul 1, 2009 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- Feb 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 5, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 28, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508738 url
- [devel] 20090528 [patch] libpurple/protocols/oscar: OOM and die on misparsed ICQWebMessage as ICQSMS mailing-list
- 35530 vdb
- RHSA-2009:1139 vendor-advisory
- 35697 third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2009-7359 vendor-advisory
- 37071 third-party-advisory
- 35706 third-party-advisory
- 35693 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10004 vdb
- ADV-2009-1749 vdb
- http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483 url
- USN-796-1 vendor-advisory
- pidgin-oscar-dos(51448) vdb
- FEDORA-2009-7370 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2009-7415 vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1889 advisory