Buffer overflow in the XMPP SOCKS5 bytestream server in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute…

Description

Buffer overflow in the XMPP SOCKS5 bytestream server in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an outbound XMPP file transfer. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.3% · top 8.9% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (25)

• FEDORA-2009-5597 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-781-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1059 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• GLSA-200905-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9005 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 35067 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-5583 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 35329 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-781-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17722 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• DSA-1805 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:140 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 35294 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500488 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 35188 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• pidgin-xmppsocks5-bo(50682) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 35194 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-5552 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 35202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=29 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 35215 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1396 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 35330 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:173 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:13 UTC.