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CVE-2009-3084

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Description

The msn_slp_process_msg function in libpurple/protocols/msn/slpcall.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.6.0 and 2.6.1, as used in Pidgin before 2.6.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a handwritten (aka Ink) message, related to an uninitialized variable and the incorrect "UTF16-LE" charset name.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published9/8/2009

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

pidgin:libpurplepidgin:pidgin

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

References

http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/92ce3e48744b40fb0fea89e3de5e44bedb100c07/with/567e16cbc46168f52482e5ec27626c48e7a5ba95/libpurple/protocols/msn/slpcall.c(cve@mitre.org)

http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/567e16cbc46168f52482e5ec27626c48e7a5ba95(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/36601(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=38(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36277(cve@mitre.org)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6338(cve@mitre.org)

http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/92ce3e48744b40fb0fea89e3de5e44bedb100c07/with/567e16cbc46168f52482e5ec27626c48e7a5ba95/libpurple/protocols/msn/slpcall.c(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/567e16cbc46168f52482e5ec27626c48e7a5ba95(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/36601(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=38(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36277(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6338(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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