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

published July 1, 2008

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
80.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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."

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02000 · 80.5th percentile
Published
2008-07-01T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 JUL 00:00Z
    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
    cvelistv5