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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07985.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
n/a n/a affected
Version Status Constraints
n/a affected —

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Package CPE Advisory Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
pidgin-0:1.5.1-6.el3 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3 RHSA-2009:1535 2009-10-29T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
pidgin-0:2.6.3-2.el4 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4 RHSA-2009:1536 2009-10-29T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
pidgin-0:2.6.3-2.el5 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5 RHSA-2009:1536 2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1932-1 New pidgin packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3596 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-886-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/10481 cve-icon cve-icon
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/781682333aea0c801d280c3507ee25552a60bfc0 cve-icon cve-icon
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37017 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37072 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=41 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36719 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2949 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2951 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53807 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3615 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18388 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9414 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3615 cve-icon
History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.07248}

 epss

{'score': 0.07985}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:31:10.699Z

Reserved: 2009-10-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-3615

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-10-20T17:30:00.983

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-3615

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-10-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-3615 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses