CVE-2009-2703

2009-09-0818:30:00

CWE-119

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web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2009-2703

libpurple

pidgin

irc protocol

denial of service

null pointer dereference

application crash.

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

77.2%

JSON

libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC message that lacks a topic string.

CPENameOperatorVersion
pidgin:libpurplepidgin libpurpleeq*
pidgin:pidginpidginle2.6.1
pidgin:pidginpidgineq2.0.0
pidgin:pidginpidgineq2.0.1
pidgin:pidginpidgineq2.0.2
pidgin:pidginpidgineq2.1.0
pidgin:pidginpidgineq2.1.1
pidgin:pidginpidgineq2.2.0
pidgin:pidginpidgineq2.2.1
pidgin:pidginpidgineq2.2.2

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
pidgin:libpurple	pidgin libpurple	eq	*
pidgin:pidgin	pidgin	le	2.6.1
pidgin:pidgin	pidgin	eq	2.0.0
pidgin:pidgin	pidgin	eq	2.0.1
pidgin:pidgin	pidgin	eq	2.0.2
pidgin:pidgin	pidgin	eq	2.1.0
pidgin:pidgin	pidgin	eq	2.1.1
pidgin:pidgin	pidgin	eq	2.2.0
pidgin:pidgin	pidgin	eq	2.2.1
pidgin:pidgin	pidgin	eq	2.2.2