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CVE-2007-4999

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-4999 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Pidgin versions 2.1.0 through 2.2.1. When HTML logging is enabled, a remote attacker can send a message containing invalid HTML data, leading to a NULL dereference and application crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and a partial availability impact, with no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0181 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-4999

CVE-2007-4999

References

osvdb.org / 38695
secunia.com / advisories/27372
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27495
secunia.com / advisories/27858
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/38132
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18357
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00011.html
pidgin.im / news/security
Patch
securityfocus.com / archive/1/483580/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/26205
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-548-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3624