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CVE-2009-3615
The OSCAR protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.3 and Adium before 1.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.7%
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- redhat
Description
The OSCAR protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.3 and Adium before 1.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted contact-list data for (1) ICQ and possibly (2) AIM, as demonstrated by the SIM IM client.
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)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (6 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 (14)
- ADV-2009-2949 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 37017 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18388 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9414 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/781682333aea0c801d280c3507ee25552a60bfc0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:085 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/10481 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- pidgin-oscar-protocol-dos(53807) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2951 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1020 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=41 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36719 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 37072 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog (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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