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CVE-2008-2955
Pidgin 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long filename that contains certain characters, as…
Medium4.3EPSS 7.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Pidgin 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long filename that contains certain characters, as demonstrated using an MSN message that triggers the crash in the msn_slplink_process_msg function.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.3% · top 5.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- ADV-2008-1947 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 3966 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18050 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 29985 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 33102 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080626 Pidgin 2.4.1 Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- USN-675-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 32859 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10131 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 30881 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:1023 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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