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CVE-2009-1374
Buffer overflow in the decrypt_out function in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.5%
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- redhat
Description
Buffer overflow in the decrypt_out function in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a QQ packet.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- FEDORA-2009-5597 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- pidgin-decryptout-bo(50684) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-200905-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=30 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-781-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11654 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 35294 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35188 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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
- ADV-2009-1396 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18201 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:173 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500490 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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