Fluid Attacks Database

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
rpm rhel5	pidgin	<0:2.6.2-2.el5	0:2.6.2-2.el5
debian 11	pidgin	>=0 <2.6.2-1	2.6.2-1
debian 12	pidgin	>=0 <2.6.2-1	2.6.2-1
debian 13	pidgin	>=0 <2.6.2-1	2.6.2-1
debian 14	pidgin	>=0 <2.6.2-1	2.6.2-1

Aliases

1. CVE-2009-30852. NVD-2009-30853. OSV-2009-30854. OSV-DEBIAN-2009-30855. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2009-3085

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