Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 1, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

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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Affected products

Pidgin (software)/Pidgin2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2.0.0

Patches

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References

crisp.cs.du.edunvd
secunia.com/advisories/31387nvd
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985nvd
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647nvd

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