CVE-2008-2956Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Pidgin

Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.88%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 1
Latest updateMay 1

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."

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

NVDpidgin/pidgin2.0.0
debiandebian/pidgin

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-f69j-274h-2m7w: ** DISPUTED ** Memory leak in Pidgin 22022-05-01
OSV
CVE-2008-2956: Memory leak in Pidgin 22008-07-01

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Debian
CVE-2008-2956: pidgin - Memory leak in Pidgin 2.0.0, and possibly other versions, allows remote attacker...2008
Red Hat
pidgin: memory leak in XML parser2007-05-11

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-2956 pidgin: memory leak in XML parser2008-07-02