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CVE-2007-4996

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2007-10-01 Modified: 2026-06-16

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."

Affected Platforms

Pidgin Pidgin

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References