CVE-2007-4897

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4897
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-09-14 18:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionpwlib, 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).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ekiga Ekiga 2.0.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ekiga GetHostAddress Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVS Info for project openh323 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openh323.cvs.sourceforge.net
Ekiga SIPURL::GetHostAddress() Memory Corruption Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
S21sec Blog. Seguridad digital.: Sobre la vulnerabilidad del Ekiga: explicación y PoC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.s21sec.com
PWLib "PString::vsprintf()" Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-561-1: pwlib vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug 292831 – CVE-2007-4897 ekiga GetHostAddress remote DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Ekiga Denial of Service - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Ubuntu update for pwlib - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for pwlib - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Page not found – S21Sec af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.s21sec.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:206 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
'[Full-disclosure] S21SEC-036-EN Ekiga <= 2.0.5 Denial of service' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Red Hat update for pwlib - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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