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CVE-2008-2957

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2957 describes a vulnerability in Pidgin 2.0.0's UPnP functionality, allowing remote attackers to initiate arbitrary file downloads and cause a denial of service through excessive memory or disk consumption via a specially crafted UDP packet. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0210 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: pidgin-0:2.5.2-6.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: pidgin-0:2.5.2-6.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-2957Low

pidgin: unrestricted download of arbitrary files triggered via UPnP

May 11, 2007

References

crisp.cs.du.edu
secunia.com / advisories/32859
secunia.com / advisories/33102
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17599
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9076
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
securityfocus.com / bid/29985
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-675-1