CVE-2007-4996

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."

Date published : 2007-10-01

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25872

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481402/100/0/threaded