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CVE-2008-3532

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3532 describes a vulnerability in the NSS plugin of libpurple in Pidgin 2.4.3, where SSL certificates are not properly verified. This flaw allows remote attackers to spoof services by presenting invalid server certificates, potentially tricking users into accepting them. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0164 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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-2008-3532Moderate

pidgin: NSS plugin doesn't verify SSL certificates

Jul 28, 2008

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
developer.pidgin.im / attachment/ticket/6500/nss_add_rev.patch
developer.pidgin.im / attachment/ticket/6500/nss-cert-verify.patch
Exploit
developer.pidgin.im / ticket/6500
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/31390
secunia.com / advisories/32859
secunia.com / advisories/33102
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44220
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10979
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18327
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
securityfocus.com / bid/30553
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-675-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2318