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
02 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
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
- 2.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.5% 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
- Low. 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 00:00Z18 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
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- def608f15d88749a25f181b9a76daf94e74f57388ee158b51a524b48d8e1fce1
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com29985http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080627 CVE Request (pidgin)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3
- secunia.com31387http://secunia.com/advisories/31387
- www.securityfocus.com20080806 rPSA-2008-0246-1 gaimhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threaded
- crisp.cs.du.eduhttp://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pidgin No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pidgin No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pidgin No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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