CVE-2017-2640

Publication date 10 March 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pidgin 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu9.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.8

Patch details

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Package Patch details
pidgin

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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