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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 2.0% (81th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2946)
- Published
- July 1, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2946 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pidgin / pidgin
References
- http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31387
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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