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pidgin DoS when decrypting qq packets

Published May 26, 2009

Description

Buffer overflow in the decrypt_out function in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a QQ packet.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

References (22)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published May 26, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 23, 2009
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date May 3, 2009