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
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.26% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-07-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| pidgin | pidgin |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Pidgin 2.4.2 - 'msn_slplink_process_msg()' Denial of Service | 2009-01-26 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30881
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32859
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33102
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1947
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10131
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18050
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30881
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32859
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33102
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
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