### [CVE-2008-2957](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2957)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9076

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.