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CVE-2007-4897

Ekiga 2.0.5 - 'GetHostAddress' Remote Denial of Service

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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).

pwlib, tal y como es usada por Ekiga versión 2.0.5 y posiblemente otros productos, permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (bloqueo de aplicación) por medio de un argumento largo en la función PString::vsprintf, relacionado con un "memory management flaw". NOTA: este problema se reportó originalmente como estando en la función SIPURL::GetHostAddress en Ekiga (anteriormente GnomeMeeting).

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
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Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2007-09-14 CVE Reserved
  • 2007-09-14 CVE Published
  • 2009-07-24 First Exploit
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-399: Resource Management Errors
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
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Ekiga
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Ekiga
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2.0.5
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Affected