CVE-2008-2956
N/A
Published: July 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:54 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPidgin
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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."
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (7)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threadedQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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