CVE-2009-3085
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3069)
- Published
- September 8, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3069 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pidgin / libpurple
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References
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/fd5955618eddcd84d522b30ff11102f9601f38c8(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36601(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=37(Patch, 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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