CVE-2007-4999
libpurple in Pidgin 2.1.0 through 2.2.1, when using HTML logging, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a message that contains invalid HTML
02 Description
libpurple in Pidgin 2.1.0 through 2.2.1, when using HTML logging, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a message that contains invalid HTML
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
- 1.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.2% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2007-10-29 22:00Z19 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
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d50f2543e3fb0c1bdb7b56de6711bd1b9d661c366097e42e7844b63d600fb675
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com26205http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26205
- www.pidgin.imhttp://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=24
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3624http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3624
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:18357https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18357
- osvdb.org38695http://osvdb.org/38695
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compidgin-htmldata-dos(38132)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38132
- secunia.com27495http://secunia.com/advisories/27495
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-2714https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00011.html
- www.securityfocus.com20071112 FLEA-2007-0067-1 pidginhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483580/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com27372http://secunia.com/advisories/27372
- secunia.com27858http://secunia.com/advisories/27858
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-548-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-548-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pidgin Fixed in 2.2.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pidgin Fixed in 2.2.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pidgin Fixed in 2.2.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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