CVE-2007-4996

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."

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=23	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/27010	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-236.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25872
http://secunia.com/advisories/27088
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3321
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36884
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18261
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481402/100/0/threaded

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2007-10-01 13:17

Updated : 2018-10-15 14:39

NVD link : CVE-2007-4996

Mitre link : CVE-2007-4996

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Products Affected

pidgin

pidgin

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