CVE-2007-4897

pwlib, as used by Ekiga 2.0.5 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long argument to the PString::vsprintf function, related to a "memory management flaw". NOTE: this issue was originally reported as being in the SIPURL::GetHostAddress function in Ekiga (formerly GnomeMeeting).

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

10.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

Published

2007-09-14

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9241

Security advisories

• http://secunia.com/advisories/27127
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27150
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27518
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28385
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:206
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0932.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25642
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-561-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry