Description
The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 does not properly maintain a certain buffer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via vectors involving the (1) XMPP or (2) Sametime protocol.
Published: 2009-05-26
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 5.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1805-1 New pidgin packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-1373 The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 does not properly maintain a certain buffer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via vectors involving the (1) XMPP or (2) Sametime protocol.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-781-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
History

No history.

Subscriptions

Pidgin Pidgin
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:13:25.426Z

Reserved: 2009-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-1375

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-05-26T15:30:05.250

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-1375

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2009-03-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-1375 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses