CVE-2009-3615

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    CVE-2009-3615

    Published: 20 Oct 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The OSCAR protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.3 and Adium before 1.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted contact-list data for (1) ICQ and possibly (2) AIM, as demonstrated by the SIM IM client.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/37017, http://secunia.com/advisories/37072, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085, http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=41, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2949, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2951, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020, http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog, http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/10481, http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/781682333aea0c801d280c3507ee25552a60bfc0, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36719, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53807, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18388, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9414

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High