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GHSA-R9V7-JGPJ-M4MQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 18:29 – Updated: 2022-05-01 18:29

Details

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."

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  "aliases": [
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  "id": "GHSA-r9v7-jgpj-m4mq",
  "modified": "2022-05-01T18:29:00Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T18:29:00Z",
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    },
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      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/27010"
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CVE-2007-4996 (GCVE-0-2007-4996)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-10-01 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:17

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1103 records in the last 180 days details

References

9 references

URL	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/27088	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481402/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3321	vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=23	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25872	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-236.shtml	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def…	vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/27010	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Date Public

2007-09-27 00:00

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