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TI-2007-04819 Aliases CVE-2007-4999GHSA-qcj3-h9mr-5c65

libpurple in Pidgin 2.1.0 through 2.2.1, when using HTML logging, allows remote attackers…

Priority LOW 24CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01809 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.0VulnerablePidgin
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.0VulnerablePidgin
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.2.1VulnerablePidgin
  • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.0 Vulnerable ·Pidgin
  • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.0 Vulnerable ·Pidgin
  • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.1 Vulnerable ·Pidgin

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-4999
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qcj3-h9mr-5c65

References

  • TI-2019-15597 Pidgin 2.13.0 Denial of Service via Malformed Username CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2009-02576 The msn_slplink_process_msg function in libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c in libpurple… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2013-05439 The SIMPLE protocol functionality in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to have… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2009-01309 Multiple integer overflows in the msn_slplink_process_msg functions in the MSN protocol… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2017-01890 Out-of-bounds write in pidgin CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2011-02815 gtkutils.c in Pidgin before 2.10.0 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
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