Description
The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 does not properly handle an error IQ stanza during an attempted fetch of a custom smiley, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via XHTML-IM content with cid: images.
Published: 2009-09-08
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3069 The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 does not properly handle an error IQ stanza during an attempted fetch of a custom smiley, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via XHTML-IM content with cid: images.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-886-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
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Pidgin Libpurple Pidgin
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:14:56.096Z

Reserved: 2009-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-3085

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-09-08T18:30:00.407

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

Link: CVE-2009-3085

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-09-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-3085 - Bugzilla

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