MEDIUM
ekiga GetHostAddress remote DoS
Published Sep 14, 2007
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.90%
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).
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
10.90% 0.10897
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.10897
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 10.90% (0.10897) | 95.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.90% (0.10897) | 95.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 5, 2025 | 22.27% (0.22273) | 95.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 19.23% (0.19228) | 94.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 25.69% (0.25688) | 93.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 19.23% (0.19228) | 94.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 20.40% (0.20404) | 95.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 26.11% (0.26114) | 96.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 18, 2024 | 20.82% (0.20820) | 96.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 18, 2024 | 23.47% (0.23469) | 96.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 10.35% (0.10347) | 94.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 16, 2024 | 10.66% (0.10660) | 94.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 10.38% (0.10382) | 94.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 11.36% (0.11358) | 94.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 10.50% (0.10502) | 94.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (21)
- http://blog.s21sec.com/2007/09/sobre-la-vulnerabilidad-del-ekiga.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=118959114522339&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://openh323.cvs.sourceforge.net/openh323/opal/src/sip/sipcon.cxx?r1=2.120.2.25&r2=2.120.2.26&pathrev=v2_2_9 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27127 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27150 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27518 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28385 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3138 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:206 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0932.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.s21sec.com/avisos/s21sec-036-en.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479185/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25642 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018683 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-561-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4897 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=292831 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36568 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4897
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10928 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4897
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 14, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 14, 2007
Link CVE-2007-4897
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a