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…

published October 1, 2007

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
77.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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."

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01761 · 77.7th percentile
Published
2007-10-01T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 OCT 20:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5