CVE-2008-2927

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the msn_slplink_process_msg functions in the MSN protocol handler in (1) libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c and (2) libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c in Pidgin before 2.4.3 and Adium before 1.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed SLP message with a crafted offset value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2955.

Affected products

Adium: through 1.2.7; 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+5)
Pidgin: through 2.4.2; 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0 (+6)

References

http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/6eb1949a96fa80a4c744fc749c2562abc4cc9ed6/with/c3831c9181f4f61b747321240086ee79e4a08fd8/libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/6eb1949a96fa80a4c744fc749c2562abc4cc9ed6/with/c3831c9181f4f61b747321240086ee79e4a08fd8/libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c
http://secunia.com/advisories/30971
http://secunia.com/advisories/31016
http://secunia.com/advisories/31105
http://secunia.com/advisories/31387
http://secunia.com/advisories/31642
http://secunia.com/advisories/32859
http://secunia.com/advisories/32861
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1610
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:143

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