CVE-2008-2957

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-07-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

Pidgin: 2.0.0

References

http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/32859
http://secunia.com/advisories/33102
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17599
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9076
http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1

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