CVE-2008-2955

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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 msn_slplink_process_msg function.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jul 1, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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