Vulnerability in Pidgin

CVE-2007-4996

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."

EPSS: 0.018 (75.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Pidgin — versions 2.2.0
  • N/a — versions n/a

References