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CVE-2017-2640 (GCVE-0-2017-2640)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-27 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:02
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96775 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3806 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Pidgin pidgin Affected: 2.12.0
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Date Public
2018-07-27 00:00
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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.