CVE-2008-2956 describes a disputed memory leak vulnerability in Pidgin 2.0.0, and potentially other versions, that could lead to a denial of service through memory consumption. The vulnerability, if exploitable, could be triggered remotely by unauthenticated attackers sending malformed XML documents. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), its primary impact would be system availability. The vendor disputes the existence of this issue, and there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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