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CVE-2007-48971 exploit

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 l…

Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
10.9%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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).

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

10.90% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-9241 Ekiga 2.0.5 - 'GetHostAddress' Remote Denial of Service · dos · 2009-07-24

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

  • secunia.com /advisories/28385 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/usn-561-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=292831 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/479185/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • blog.s21sec.com /2007/09/sobre-la-vulnerabilidad-del-ekiga.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1018683 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/27150 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • securityreason.com /securityalert/3138 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
  • openh323.cvs.sourceforge.net /openh323/opal/src/sip/sipcon.cxx?r1=2.120.2.25&r2=2.120.2.26&pathrev=v2_2_9 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=full-disclosure&m=118959114522339&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/36568 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/27127 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/25642 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • s21sec.com /avisos/s21sec-036-en.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/27518 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10928 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:206 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2007-0932.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred

Sources

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