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CVE-2009-1373
Buffer overflow in the XMPP SOCKS5 bytestream server in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute…
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 4.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in the XMPP SOCKS5 bytestream server in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an outbound XMPP file transfer. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 33 days later
· 33 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.8% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References25
- FEDORA-2009-5597 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-781-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1059 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-200905-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9005 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 35067 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-5583 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 35329 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-781-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17722 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-1805 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:140 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 35294 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500488 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 35188 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- pidgin-xmppsocks5-bo(50682) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 35194 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-5552 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 35202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=29 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 35215 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1396 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 35330 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:173 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-1371 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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