{"id":"CVE-2007-4996","details":"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.\"","modified":"2026-04-10T03:39:13.983418Z","published":"2007-10-01T20:17:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/27010"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/27088"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3321"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/27010"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=23"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-236.shtml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481402/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25872"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36884"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18261"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}