pidgin: memory leak in XML parser
Published Jul 1, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.00%
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."
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.00% (0.02000) | 80.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.00% (0.02000) | 78.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.95% (0.00949) | 74.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.01% (0.02008) | 72.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.95% (0.00949) | 74.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.05% (0.04048) | 92.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 7, 2024 | 3.78% (0.03784) | 91.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 3.51% (0.03508) | 91.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 5, 2023 | 0.51% (0.00505) | 73.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.52% (0.00522) | 73.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 54.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 73.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31387 third-party-advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3 mailing-list
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threaded mailing-list
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985 vdb-entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2956 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453739 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2956
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2956
Change history (0)
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