Name: CVE-2007-4999: Improper Input Validation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2007-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2007-4999, CWE-20, CVSS 5.3, EPSS 0.01541

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade pidgin	Jul 30, 2024	Oct 29, 2007
Suse	—	Upgrade libpurpleUpgrade libpurple-devel	Dec 12, 2013	Oct 29, 2007
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libpurple0	Nov 8, 2024	Oct 29, 2007

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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