CVE-2009-1889

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.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00228.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00176.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00162.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10004

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51448

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508738

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1749

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-796-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35530

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1139.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/37071

http://secunia.com/advisories/35706

http://secunia.com/advisories/35697

http://secunia.com/advisories/35693

http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2009-May/008227.html

http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3