CVE-2007-4996 (GCVE-0-2007-4996)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-10-01 20:00
Modified
2024-08-07 15:17
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
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."
References
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