CVE-2009-3085
EPSS 0.95%
Description
The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 does not properly handle an error IQ stanza during an attempted fetch of a custom smiley, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via XHTML-IM content with cid: images.
How to fix CVE-2009-3085
To remediate CVE-2009-3085, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pidgin—upgrade to 2.6.2-1 or later
Is CVE-2009-3085 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.6.2-1