CVE-2008-2956 — Missing 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