CRITICAL9.8
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.
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PCVSS 3.xCRITICAL 9.8
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HReferences
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96775
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2640
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-10
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3806
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96775
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2640
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-10
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3806