CVE-2009-1889
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
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.
Affected Products
26| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| pidgin | pidgin |
All versions
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.0.0
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.0.1
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.0.2
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.0.2
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.1.0
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.1.1
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.2.0
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.2.1
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.2.2
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.3.0
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.3.1
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.4.0
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.4.1
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.4.2
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.4.3
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.5.0
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.5.1
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.5.2
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.5.3
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.5.3
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.5.4
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.5.4
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.5.5
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.5.5
|
| pidgin | pidgin |
2.5.6
|
References
Weakness Types
CWE-399
CVE Information
- CVE ID:
CVE-2009-1889- Published:
- 2009-07-01
- Modified:
- 2026-04-23
- CVSS Score:
- 5.0
- Severity:
- MEDIUM
- Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected Vendors
pidgin
Quick Actions
CVSS Severity Scale
0.0 - 3.9
LOW
4.0 - 6.9
MEDIUM
7.0 - 8.9
HIGH
9.0 - 10.0
CRITICAL