CVE-2009-3615
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.7%EU EUVD
The OSCAR protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.3 and Adium before 1.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted contact-list data for (1) ICQ and possibly (2) AIM, as demonstrated by the SIM IM client.
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
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3596)
- Published
- October 20, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3596 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adium / adium
- adium / adium
- adium / adium
- adium / adium
- adium / adium
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- adium / adium
- adium / adium
- adium / adium
- adium / adium
- adium / adium
- adium / adium
- adium / adium
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
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- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
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- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
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- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
References
- http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/10481
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/781682333aea0c801d280c3507ee25552a60bfc0
- http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37017(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37072(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=41(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36719
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2949(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2951(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53807
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18388
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9414
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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