CVE-2007-4999

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2007-4999

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2007-10-29T22:46:00

Last Modified Date
2018-10-15T21:39:40

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

References

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

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4999
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4999

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:20:28				Added to TrackCVE