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CVE-2007-4897: ekiga Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2007:0932DTSA-94-1
Published 14-09-2007Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-4897 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in ekiga. EPSS estimates a 10.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
10.90%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 14-09-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

pwlib, as used by Ekiga 2.0.5 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long argument to the PString::vsprintf function, related to a "memory management flaw". NOTE: this issue was originally reported as being in the SIPURL::GetHostAddress function in Ekiga (formerly GnomeMeeting).

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

10.90%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 10.90% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
10.90%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databasedoswindowsVerified

    Ekiga 2.0.5 - 'GetHostAddress' Remote Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat3 products
  • pwlib< 0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5
  • pwlib-debuginfo< 0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5
  • pwlib-devel< 0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5
Debian2 products
  • pwlib< 1.10.7~dfsg1-4+lenny1
  • pwlib-titan< 1.11.2-1+lenny1
Ekiga1 product

3 vendors · 6 products

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