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CVE-2009-3085

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2009-09-08 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Pidgin PidginPidgin Libpurple

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References