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."

CVE ID:

CVE-2008-2956

Published:

2008-07-01

Modified:

2026-04-23

CVSS Score:

5.0

Severity:

MEDIUM

Vector:

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