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CVE-2007-4897 json

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 2007-09-14 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-4878

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.9%
EPSS 10.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
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).

Patch / fix

  • pwlib RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1.10.1-7.0.1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0932

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-4897 updated

ekiga GetHostAddress remote DoS

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) pwlib 1.10.1-7.0.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) pwlib 1.10.1-7.0.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) pwlib 1.10.1-7.0.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0932

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-9241)

Exploit prediction

10.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

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

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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