Fluid Attacks Database

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
rpm rhel5	pidgin	<0:2.5.8-1.el5	0:2.5.8-1.el5
debian 11	pidgin	>=0 <2.5.8-1	2.5.8-1
debian 12	pidgin	>=0 <2.5.8-1	2.5.8-1
debian 13	pidgin	>=0 <2.5.8-1	2.5.8-1
debian 14	pidgin	>=0 <2.5.8-1	2.5.8-1

Aliases

1. CVE-2009-18892. NVD-2009-18893. OSV-2009-18894. OSV-DEBIAN-2009-18895. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2009-1889

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