{
    "id": "CVE-2008-2955",
    "published": "2008-07-01 22:41:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:54:49",
    "cvss_score": "4.3",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.07258",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94142",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 18:17:07",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "pidgin",
            "product": "pidgin"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "32749",
            "title": "Pidgin 2.4.2 - 'msn_slplink_process_msg()' Denial of Service",
            "date": "2009-01-26",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32749"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "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"
    ]
}