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."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (79.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Pidgin — versions 2.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985 (vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/31387 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- crisp.cs.du.edu/
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647
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.