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CVE-2008-2955 EXPLOIT

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.3% (pctl 94)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

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.

Scoring

CVSS4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS7.26% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-20
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2008-07-01
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
pidginpidgin

Public exploits

References

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