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CVE-2008-2956

Memory leak in Pidgin 2.0.0, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory c

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.".

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.01006
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Affected Products & Versions

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pidginall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD01 Jul 2008 · 10:41 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/31387
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
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