CVE-2009-3615

EPSS 8.4%

pidgin - arbitrary code execution

Published: 10/20/2009Modified: 4/28/2026

Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3615

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 and possibly (2) AIM, as demonstrated by the SIM IM client.

Affected packages (2)

Debian/pidginfrom 0, < 2.6.3-1
Debian/pidginfrom 0, < 2.4.3-4lenny5

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3615