CVE-2007-4996
N/A
Published: October 1, 2007 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPidgin
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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."
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-236.shtmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/27010Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481402/100/0/threadedVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3321VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36884Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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