VDB
CVE-2008-2956
CVE-2008-2956
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5 MEDIUM
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."
EPSS 2.00% · 80.6th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
5
EPSS Score
2.00%
80.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.0.0 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Jul 1, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 30, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 23, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 14, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- 29985 vdb
- [oss-security] 20080627 CVE Request (pidgin) mailing-list
- 31387 third-party-advisory
- 20080806 rPSA-2008-0246-1 gaim mailing-list
- http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1 url
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246 url
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2956 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2956 url
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453739 url