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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2017-2640
PUBLISHED
More InfoOfficial Page
Assigner-redhat
Assigner Org ID-53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-27 Jul, 2018 | 18:00
Updated At-05 Aug, 2024 | 14:02
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

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 Products
Vendor
PidginPidgin
Product
pidgin
Versions
Affected
  • 2.12.0
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-787CWE-787
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
3.07.5HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Metrics Other Info
Impacts
CAPEC IDDescription
Solutions
Configurations
Workarounds
Exploits
Credits
Timeline
EventDate
Replaced By
Rejected Reason
References
HyperlinkResource
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-10
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96775
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2640
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3806
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
CVE Program Container
Affected Products
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Metrics Other Info
Impacts
CAPEC IDDescription
Solutions
Configurations
Workarounds
Exploits
Credits
Timeline
EventDate
Replaced By
Rejected Reason
References
HyperlinkResource
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-10
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
x_transferred
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96775
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
x_transferred
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2640
x_refsource_CONFIRM
x_transferred
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3806
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
x_transferred
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