CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-2640
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-07-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the way Pidgin before 2.12.0 processed XML content. A malicious remote server could potentially use this flaw to crash Pidgin or execute arbitrary code in the context of the pidgin process.
Affected configurations
• pidgin pidgin (< 2.12.0)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96775 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2640 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-10 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3806 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96775 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2640 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-10 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3806 Third Party Advisory