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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 77.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-10-01 20:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-09-20
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 323b932bc4cee0af15b694bdbb5ef44123a29eff2bc25c2cecee3d5163f44ca7
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compidgin-msn-nudge-dos(36884)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36884
- secunia.com27088http://secunia.com/advisories/27088
- www.securityfocus.com20071003 FLEA-2007-0057-1 pidginhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481402/100/0/threaded
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3321http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3321
- www.pidgin.imhttp://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=23
- www.securityfocus.com25872http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25872
- fedoranews.orgFEDORA-2007-2368http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-236.shtml
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:18261https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18261
- secunia.com27010http://secunia.com/advisories/27010
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pidgin Fixed in 2.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pidgin Fixed in 2.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pidgin Fixed in 2.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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