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."
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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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." |
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History
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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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Status : Modified
Published: 2007-10-01T20:17:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2007-4996
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD