CVE-2009-1376
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 (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 on 32-bit platforms allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed SLP message with a crafted offset value, leading to buffer overflows. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2927.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 13.3% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1374)
- 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-2009-1374 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
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(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35294(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35329(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35330(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37071
- 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=32(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
- 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=500493(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50680
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10476
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18432
- 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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