CVE-2009-1889
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD
The OSCAR protocol implementation in Pidgin before 2.5.8 misinterprets the ICQWebMessage message type as the ICQSMS message type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ICQ web message that triggers allocation of a large amount of memory.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1884)
- Published
- July 1, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1884 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
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
References
- http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2009-May/008227.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35693
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35697
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37071
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1139.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35530
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-796-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1749
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508738
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51448
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10004
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00162.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00176.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00228.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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