CVE-2007-4999

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.37% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26205 vdb entry
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=24 patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3624 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18357 vdb entry signature
http://osvdb.org/38695 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38132 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27495 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00011.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483580/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/27372 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27858 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-548-1 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-4999?
CVE-2007-4999 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-4999?
To fix CVE-2007-4999, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-4999 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-4999 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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