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    CVE-2008-2956

    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."

    Published:May 11, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jul 1, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.01006
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Pidgin
    Product
    Pidgin

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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