CVE-2007-4897

mediumpriority · track · 34EPSS 0.109 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

10.9% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

19 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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).

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedpwlib-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932
Fixedpwlib-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932
Fixedpwlib-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932
Fixedpwlib-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932
Fixedpwlib-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932
Fixedpwlib-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932
Fixedpwlib-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932
Fixedpwlib-debuginfo-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932
Fixedpwlib-debuginfo-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932
Fixedpwlib-debuginfo-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932
Fixedpwlib-debuginfo-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932
Fixedpwlib-debuginfo-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932
Fixedpwlib-debuginfo-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932
Fixedpwlib-devel-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932
Fixedpwlib-devel-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932
Fixedpwlib-devel-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932
Fixedpwlib-devel-0:1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0932

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v2.04.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-399USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-9241Ekiga 2.0.5 - 'GetHostAddress' Remote Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db

affected products (19)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2007:0932Red Hat Security Advisory: pwlib security update2007-10-08csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated pwlib packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2007-09-14modified 2026-06-16

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