CVE-2009-1373
HIGH · CVSS 7.1EPSS 4.3%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the XMPP SOCKS5 bytestream server in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an outbound XMPP file transfer. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.3% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1371)
- Published
- May 26, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1371 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
References
- http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1805
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35194(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35202(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35215
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35294
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35329
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35330
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-07.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:140
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:173
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=29(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1059.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1060.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35067(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-781-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-781-2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1396
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500488
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50682
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17722
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9005
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00033.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00051.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00075.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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