CVE-2007-4999 — Improper Input Validation in Pidgin

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation6 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PidginDebian Pidgin
Timeline
PublishedOct 29
Latest updateMay 1

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 vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/pidgin< pidgin 2.2.2-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianpidgin/pidgin< 2.2.2-1+3
▶NVDpidgin/pidgin2.1.0, 2.2.0, 2.2.1+2

Patches

Patch: secunia.com ↗Patch: www.pidgin.im ↗Patch: secunia.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-qcj3-h9mr-5c65: libpurple in Pidgin 2↗2022-05-01
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OSV
CVE-2007-4999: libpurple in Pidgin 2↗2007-10-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerability↗2007-11-28
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Debian
CVE-2007-4999: pidgin - libpurple in Pidgin 2.1.0 through 2.2.1, when using HTML logging, allows remote ...↗2007
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Red Hat
CVE-2007-4999: libpurple in Pidgin 2↗
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