CVE-2009-3025 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Pidgin 2.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a link in a Yahoo IM.

Published: 2009-08-31

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.9% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-3009	Unspecified vulnerability in Pidgin 2.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a link in a Yahoo IM.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01882.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/19/2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52994
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6167

History

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Subscriptions

Pidgin Pidgin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-08-31T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:14:55.424Z

Reserved: 2009-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-3025

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-31T20:30:01.127

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:10:45.077

Link: CVE-2009-3025

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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