CVE-2008-2957

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

9.1

MODERATE

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

1.709

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Update Pidgin 2.0.0 to latest version	Windows

Patch Details

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Patch ID	Patch Description
PATCH-336424	Pidgin (2.14.13)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234