CVE-2008-2955

Pidgin - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian · textdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32749

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1947
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18050
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33102
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32859
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10131
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30881
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html

Scores

EPSS 0.1767
EPSS Percentile 95.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
pidgin/pidgin 2.4.1
Published Jul 01, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026