CVE - CVE-2009-3085

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-3085	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:36277 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36277 CONFIRM:http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/fd5955618eddcd84d522b30ff11102f9601f38c8 CONFIRM:http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=37 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11223 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11223 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6434 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6434 SECUNIA:36601 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/36601
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20090908	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20090908)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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