CVE-2008-2956 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2008-2956 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 01/07/2008 | CVE Updated: 07/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2008
Source: redhat | Vendor: n/a | Product: n/a
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2008-2956 Description

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."

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CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).