VulnerabilityModified
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 data, a different vector than CVE-2007-4996.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.81%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.81%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 data, a different vector than CVE-2007-4996.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.81% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- pidgin/pidgin
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://osvdb.org/38695
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27372Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27858
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=24Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483580/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26205
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-548-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3624
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38132
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18357
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00011.html
- http://osvdb.org/38695
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27372Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27858
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=24Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483580/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26205
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-548-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3624
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38132
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18357
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00011.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.