An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the way Pidgin before 2.12.0 processed XML content.

Published 8 y ago 2018-07-27 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.5

v3.0 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

6.2%

percentile 94%

Public exploits

none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

6.18% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.0	7.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
CNA	3.0	7.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	3.0	9.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	7.5	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

Pidgin pidgin

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

security.gentoo.org /glsa/201706-10 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1854 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/96775 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2640 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
debian.org /security/2017/dsa-3806 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-2640
NVD: CVE-2017-2640

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