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CVE-2009-1375: pidgin

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2009-1375
Published 26-05-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-1375 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in pidgin. EPSS estimates a 2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.31%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-1805-1RHSA-2009:1060

Timeline

  1. 26-05-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 does not properly maintain a certain buffer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via vectors involving the (1) XMPP or (2) Sametime protocol.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.31% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.31%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • pidgin< 2.5.6-1
Pidgin1 product
  • pidgin≤ 2.5.5 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.1 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.3.0 | 2.3.1 | 2.4.0 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.2 | 2.4.3 | 2.5.0 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.3 | 2.5.4

2 vendors · 2 products

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