CVE-2009-3085

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.

• http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/fd5955618eddcd84d522b30ff11102f9601f38c8Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36601Vendor Advisory
• http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=37Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36277
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11223
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6434
• http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/fd5955618eddcd84d522b30ff11102f9601f38c8Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36601Vendor Advisory
• http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=37Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36277
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11223
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6434

Published

Sep 8, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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