{"cve":"CVE-2008-2956","nvd":{"published":"2008-07-01T22:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:54:49.240","status":"Modified","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.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1","http://secunia.com/advisories/31387","http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threaded"],"products":["pidgin:pidgin"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-2956","score":0.02,"percentile":0.80758,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}