CVE-2009-2703 Null dereference in n/a
Remote IRC servers can crash Pidgin via a malformed TOPIC message, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-2703?
CVE-2009-2703 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pidgin Pidgin, published on 8 Sep 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC message that lacks a topic string.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2703?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Pidgin Libpurple, Pidgin Pidgin.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2703?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2009-2703 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2703 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pidgin Pidgin
- CVE-2009-3083 Null dereference in n/a
- CVE-2009-3084 The msn_slp_process_msg function in libpurple/protocols/msn/slpcall.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.6.0 and 2.6.1, as used in Pi
- CVE-2009-3085 Denial of service in n/a
- CVE-2011-3594 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2011-2943 Null dereference in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2703, GHSA-v47c-w69f-367c.