CVE-2008-2956 (GCVE-0-2008-2956)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-07-01 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:21 Disputed
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Summary
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."
Severity
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CWE
  • n/a
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2008-07-01 00:00
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