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
Published Oct 29, 2007
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.81%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Pidgin or Gaim as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.81% (0.01809) | 77.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.81% (0.01809) | 75.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.37% (0.01369) | 78.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 7.01% (0.07006) | 94.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 9, 2024 | 7.01% (0.07006) | 94.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 1, 2024 | 8.44% (0.08438) | 94.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 17, 2024 | 6.09% (0.06095) | 93.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 1, 2024 | 5.89% (0.05892) | 93.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 4, 2023 | 5.52% (0.05517) | 92.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.12% (0.05123) | 91.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://osvdb.org/38695 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27372 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27495 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27858 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=24 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483580/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26205 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-548-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3624 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4999 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38132 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4999
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18357 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4999
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00011.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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