CVE-2009-3083

EPSS 1.3%

pidgin - denial of service

Published: 9/8/2009Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3083

Description

The msn_slp_sip_recv function in libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an SLP invite message that lacks certain required fields, as demonstrated by a malformed message from a KMess client.

Affected packages (2)

References (1)