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CVE-2009-1376

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2009-05-26 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the msn_slplink_process_msg functions in the MSN protocol handler in (1) libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c and (2) libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 on 32-bit platforms allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed SLP message with a crafted offset value, leading to buffer overflows. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2927.

Affected Platforms

Pidgin Pidgin

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References