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."
Published: 2007-10-01
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-4977 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."
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:17:27.846Z

Reserved: 2007-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4996

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-10-01T20:17:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-4996

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2007-09-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-4996 - Bugzilla

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