Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 29, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-4999
CVE-2007-4999
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 2.1.0 - 2.2.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- secunia.com/advisories/27372nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.pidgin.im/news/security/nvdPatch
- osvdb.org/38695nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27495nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27858nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483580/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26205nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-548-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3624nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38132nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18357nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00011.htmlnvd
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