CVE-2008-2955
Pidgin 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long filename that contains certain characters, as demonstrated using an MSN message that triggers the crash in the
02 Description
Pidgin 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long filename that contains certain characters, as demonstrated using an MSN message that triggers the crash in the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-07-01 22:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-07-01
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 40cfe9e6d7748d021e2b03860f7efe04043d71a54752381608b71b7cbf05cf7d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1947http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1947
- securityreason.com3966http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:18050https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18050
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:025http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
- www.securityfocus.com29985http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
- secunia.com33102http://secunia.com/advisories/33102
- www.securityfocus.com20080626 Pidgin 2.4.1 Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-675-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
- secunia.com32859http://secunia.com/advisories/32859
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10131https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10131
- secunia.com30881http://secunia.com/advisories/30881
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:1023http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pidgin Fixed in 2.4.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pidgin Fixed in 2.4.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pidgin Fixed in 2.4.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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