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CVE-2009-1889 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2009-May/008227.html	CVE	Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508738	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35693	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35697	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35706	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/37071	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51448	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10004	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00162.html	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00176.html	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00228.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1139.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35530	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-796-1	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1749	CVE
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2009-May/008227.html	[email protected]	Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508738	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/35693	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/35697	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/35706	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/37071	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51448	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10004	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00162.html	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00176.html	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00228.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1139.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35530	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-796-1	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1749	[email protected]

see all 32 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
pidgin pidgin	<= 2.5.7 2.0.0 2.0.1 2.0.2 2.1.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2::linux::::: cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.3:32_bit:::::: cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.4:32_bit:::::: cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.5:32_bit:::::: cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

pidgin pidgin

<= 2.5.7

2.0.0

2.0.1

2.0.2

2.1.0

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.3:32_bit:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.4:32_bit:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.5:32_bit:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 1, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]