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Vulnerability details: VCID-9sg6-dv5z-sbfq
Vulnerability ID VCID-9sg6-dv5z-sbfq
Aliases CVE-2008-2955
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin, allowing for remote arbitrary code execution, Denial of Service and service spoofing.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 3.9
Risk 7.8
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
epss 0.17668 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2955
epss 0.17668 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2955
epss 0.17668 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2955
epss 0.17668 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2955
epss 0.17668 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2955
epss 0.17668 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2955
epss 0.17668 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2955
epss 0.17668 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2955
epss 0.17668 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2955
epss 0.17668 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2955
epss 0.17668 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2955
epss 0.17668 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2955
epss 0.17668 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2955
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2955
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-2955.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2955
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2955
http://secunia.com/advisories/30881
http://secunia.com/advisories/32859
http://secunia.com/advisories/33102
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10131
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18050
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1947
453736 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453736
488632 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488632
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2008-2955 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2955
CVE-2008-2955;OSVDB-46576 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/32749.txt
CVE-2008-2955;OSVDB-46576 Exploit https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33414/info
GLSA-200901-13 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200901-13
RHSA-2008:1023 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1023
USN-675-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/675-1/
USN-886-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/886-1/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Jan. 26, 2009
Description Pidgin 2.4.2 - 'msn_slplink_process_msg()' Denial of Service
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Jan. 26, 2009
Exploit type dos
Platform linux
Source update date April 8, 2014
Source URL https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33414/info
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2955
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.95072
EPSS Score 0.17668
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:42.973738+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200901-13 38.0.0