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CVE-2009-1889

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2009-07-01 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The OSCAR protocol implementation in Pidgin before 2.5.8 misinterprets the ICQWebMessage message type as the ICQSMS message type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ICQ web message that triggers allocation of a large amount of memory.

Affected Platforms

Pidgin Pidgin

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References