CVE-2009-1889
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1889
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2009-1889.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2009-1889
- Downstream
- Published
- 2009-07-01T13:00:01Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:40:47.676947Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35693
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35697
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37071
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-796-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1749
- http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483
- http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2009-May/008227.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508738
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1139.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35530
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51448
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10004
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00162.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00176.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00228.html