FKIE_CVE-2008-2956
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-07-01 22:41 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:54
Severity
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."
References
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:54:49.240",
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