CVE-2009-3615
The OSCAR protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.3 and Adium before 1.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted contact-list data for (1) ICQ
02 Description
The OSCAR protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.3 and Adium before 1.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted contact-list data for (1) ICQ
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
- 2.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.4% 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
- Moderate. 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
- 2009-10-20 17:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-10-09
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e8477a3780752419d845d30becaddf4877bb34e1dae63fd585644b64ac6282b9
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-2949http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2949
- secunia.com37017http://secunia.com/advisories/37017
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:18388https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18388
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9414https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9414
- developer.pidgin.imhttp://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/781682333aea0c801d280c3507ee25552a60bfc0
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:085http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
- developer.pidgin.imhttp://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/10481
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compidgin-oscar-protocol-dos(53807)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53807
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-2951http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2951
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1020http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
- www.pidgin.imhttp://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=41
- www.securityfocus.com36719http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36719
- secunia.com37072http://secunia.com/advisories/37072
- developer.pidgin.imhttp://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pidgin Fixed in 2.6.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pidgin Fixed in 2.6.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pidgin Fixed in 2.6.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.