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CVE-2009-3085

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 does not properly handle an error IQ stanza during an attem

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.00949
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pidgin libpurpleall versions
pidgin<= 2.6.1
pidginall versions

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD08 Sep 2009 · 06:30 PM

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10432-1
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