CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-2955

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2008-07-01 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-07-01
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
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.

Affected configurations

• pidgin pidgin 2.4.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References