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.
Published: 2009-07-01
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 3.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD 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 Ubuntu USN USN-796-1 Pidgin vulnerability
History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.03592}

epss

{'score': 0.03236}


Subscriptions

Pidgin Pidgin
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

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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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-07-01T13:00:01.390

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

Link: CVE-2009-1889

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-05-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-1889 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses