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CVE-2009-3084

Published: Sep 8, 2009

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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 Pidgin before 2.6.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a handwritten (aka Ink) message, related to an uninitialized variable and the incorrect "UTF16-LE" charset name.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

third-party-advisory

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http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/92ce3e48744b40fb0fea89e3de5e44bedb100c07/with/567e16cbc46168f52482e5ec27626c48e7a5ba95/libpurple/protocols/msn/slpcall.c

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oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6338

vdb-entry

signature

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http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=38

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vdb-entry

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http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/567e16cbc46168f52482e5ec27626c48e7a5ba95

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