diff -r 89678e04a7ac -r 6bd2dd10e5da libpurple/protocols/simple/simple.c
--- a/libpurple/protocols/simple/simple.c	Thu Jan 09 21:17:31 2014 -0800
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/simple/simple.c	Fri Jan 10 17:12:31 2014 +0100
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@
 		cur += 2;
 		restlen = conn->inbufused - (cur - conn->inbuf);
 		if(restlen >= msg->bodylen) {
-			dummy = g_malloc(msg->bodylen + 1);
+			dummy = g_new(char, msg->bodylen + 1);
 			memcpy(dummy, cur, msg->bodylen);
 			dummy[msg->bodylen] = '\0';
 			msg->body = dummy;