DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3085

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3085
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3085.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3085
Upstream
Published
2009-09-08T18:30:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:25:49Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 does not properly handle an error IQ stanza during an attempted fetch of a custom smiley, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via XHTML-IM content with cid: images.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}