Summary XMPP custom smiley parsing bug
Date 2009-09-03
CVE Number CVE-2009-3085
Discovered By Florob, Waqas, Paul Aurich and Marcus Lundblad
Fixed In Release 2.6.2

Description

The XMPP protocol plugin can crash when attempting to process an error response as a custom smiley. libpurple 2.5.2 through 2.6.1 are vulnerable. Older versions may be vulnerable as well.

Mitigation

Handle error iq responses appropriately.