CVE-2009-1889
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack 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
6.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.05 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.9%
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 configurations
References
developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483
pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2009-May/008227.html
secunia.com/advisories/35693
secunia.com/advisories/35697
secunia.com/advisories/35706
secunia.com/advisories/37071
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1139.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/35530
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-796-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1749
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508738
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51448
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10004
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00162.html
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00176.html
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00228.html
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack 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
6.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.05 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.9%