CVE-2009-1375
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-05-26 15:16Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 05:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-04-23
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 158f00d844723e4f0975d6866d3d7002613faad0c73bb85d03a367282798ad48
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-5597https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00075.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1060http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1060.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500491
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200905-07http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-07.xml
- www.securityfocus.com35067http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35067
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-5583https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00051.html
- secunia.com35329http://secunia.com/advisories/35329
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-781-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-781-1
- osvdb.org54649http://osvdb.org/54649
- debian.orgDSA-1805http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1805
- secunia.com35294http://secunia.com/advisories/35294
- secunia.com35188http://secunia.com/advisories/35188
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10829https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10829
- secunia.com35194http://secunia.com/advisories/35194
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-5552https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00033.html
- secunia.com35202http://secunia.com/advisories/35202
- secunia.com35215http://secunia.com/advisories/35215
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1396http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1396
- www.pidgin.imhttp://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=31
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compidgin-purplecircbuffer-dos(50683)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50683
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:173http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:173
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pidgin Fixed in 2.5.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pidgin Fixed in 2.5.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pidgin Fixed in 2.5.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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