CVE-2008-2956

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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 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."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

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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CVE-2008-2956: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix