CVE-2007-4996
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 1, 2007
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 20, 2007
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."
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- pidgin-msn-nudge-dos(36884)vdb-entry
- 27088third-party-advisory
- 20071003 FLEA-2007-0057-1 pidginmailing-list
- ADV-2007-3321vdb-entry
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=23
- 25872vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2007-2368vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18261vdb-entrysignature
- 27010third-party-advisory
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