CVE-2009-3615

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

Adium: through 1.3.6; 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+12)
Pidgin: through 2.6.2; 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0 (+20)

References

http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/10481
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/781682333aea0c801d280c3507ee25552a60bfc0
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
http://secunia.com/advisories/37017
http://secunia.com/advisories/37072
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=41
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36719
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2949
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2951
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53807

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