Vulnerability in Pidgin
CVE-2008-2956
Memory leak in Pidgin 2.0.0, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via malformed XML documents. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the upstream vendor, who states: "I was never able to identify a scenario under which a problem occurred and the original reporter wasn't able to supply any sort of reproduction details."
EPSS: 0.020 (78.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Pidgin — versions 2.0.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list)
- secalert@redhat.com (third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list)
- secalert@redhat.com
- secalert@redhat.com
- secalert@redhat.com
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-2956?
- CVE-2008-2956 is a vulnerability in Pidgin, classified under CWE-399. Published 2008-07-01.
- Is CVE-2008-2956 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.