VDB
CVE-2007-4996
CVE-2007-4996
PUBLISHED
CVSS 4.300000190734863 MEDIUM
libpurple in Pidgin before 2.2.1 does not properly handle MSN nudge messages from users who are not on the receiver's buddy list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a nudge message that triggers an access of "an invalid memory location."
EPSS 1.76% · 77.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
4.300000190734863
EPSS Score
1.76%
77.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.2.0 |
| n/a | n/a | * |
Timeline
- Oct 1, 2007 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 30, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 23, 2023 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- pidgin-msn-nudge-dos(36884) vdb
- 27088 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2007-3321 vdb
- FEDORA-2007-2368 vendor-advisory
- 20071003 FLEA-2007-0057-1 pidgin mailing-list
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=23 url
- 25872 vdb
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18261 vdb
- 27010 third-party-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4996 advisory