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pidgin — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-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 arbitrary code via vectors involving an outbound XMPP file transfer. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Products
pidgin
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.5.6-1
CVEs
CVE-2009-1373
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:07 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1373

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 May 2009, 15:30 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1373

pidgin

Fixed versions: 2.5.6-1

pidgin

Fixed versions: 2.5.6-1

pidgin

Fixed versions: 2.5.6-1

Complete source record
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  "id": "5e4508ed6d5ffcfd347774f074cea29ae2a92fc0201c8f119619b6fb08301169",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1373",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1373",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1373",
    "products": [
      {
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        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "2.5.6-1",
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          }
        ],
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      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "pidgin",
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        },
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      },
      {
        "name": {
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    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
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          },
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          },
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          },
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:35.188890269Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "CVE-2009-1373"
      ],
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1373"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2009-1373",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 417778,
  "published_at": "2009-05-26T15:30:05.187+00:00"
}