CVE-2016-1000030
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.74%
Description
Pidgin version <2.11.0 contains a vulnerability in X.509 Certificates imports specifically due to improper check of return values from gnutls_x509_crt_init() and gnutls_x509_crt_import() that can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via custom X.509 certificate from another client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.11.0.
How to fix CVE-2016-1000030
To remediate CVE-2016-1000030, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.11.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-1000030 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.11.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |