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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.3/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://osvdb.org/38695
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27372Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27858
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=24Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483580/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26205
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-548-1
- 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
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00011.html
- http://osvdb.org/38695
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27372Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27858
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=24Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483580/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26205
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-548-1
- 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
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00011.html
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 29, 2007
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified