CVE-2009-2703

Summary

CVECVE-2009-2703
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-09-08 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionlibpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC message that lacks a topic string.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pidgin Libpurple All All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.0.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.0.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.0.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.0.2 All linux All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.1.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.1.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.2.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.2.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.2.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.3.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.3.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.0 32_bit All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.1 32_bit All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.2 32_bit All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.3 32_bit All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.0 32_bit All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.2 32_bit All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.3 32_bit All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.4 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.4 32_bit All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.5 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.5 32_bit All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.7 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.8 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.9 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.6.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.pidgin.im Patch
Pidgin Multiple Denial of Service Weaknesses - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
504 Gateway Time-out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Pidgin Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.pidgin.im Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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