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CVE-2008-2957

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
01/07/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The UPnP functionality in Pidgin 2.0.0, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to trigger the download of arbitrary files and cause a denial of service (memory or disk consumption) via a UDP packet that specifies an arbitrary URL.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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