VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-4996

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.76%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-10-01
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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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