CVE-2009-1889
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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2009-07-01
- Last modified
- 2024-08-07
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Affected products
References
- http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483
- http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2009-May/008227.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35693
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35697
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37071
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1139.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35530
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-796-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1749
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508738
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51448
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10004
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00162.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00176.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00228.html
