Description
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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2009-1884 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-796-1 | Pidgin vulnerability |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T05:27:54.743Z
Reserved: 2009-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2009-1889
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Status : Modified
Published: 2009-07-01T13:00:01.390
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2009-1889
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Ubuntu USN