CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-3083

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2009-09-08 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-09-08
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

The msn_slp_sip_recv function in libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an SLP invite message that lacks certain required fields, as demonstrated by a malformed message from a KMess client.

Affected configurations

• pidgin libpurple • pidgin pidgin (<= 2.6.1) • pidgin pidgin 2.0.0 • pidgin pidgin 2.0.1 • pidgin pidgin 2.0.2 • 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 • pidgin pidgin 2.4.0 • pidgin pidgin 2.4.1 • pidgin pidgin 2.4.2 • pidgin pidgin 2.4.3 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.0 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.1 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.2 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.3 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.4 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.5 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.6 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.7 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.8 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.9 • pidgin pidgin 2.6.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References