CVE-2009-3085
N/A
Published: September 8, 2009 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorPidginLibpurple
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/fd5955618eddcd84d522b30ff11102f9601f38c8Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/36601x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=37VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11223VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6434Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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