4.3

CVE-2007-4996: pidgin

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-4996
Published 01-10-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-4996 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in pidgin. EPSS estimates a 1.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.76%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-10-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.76%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.76% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.76%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • pidgin< 2.2.1-1
Pidgin1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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