CVE-2017-2640
pidgin - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.79%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-2640
To remediate CVE-2017-2640, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/pidgin—upgrade to 2.10.11-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.12.0-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.10.10-1~deb7u3 or later
- —upgrade to 2.11.0-0+deb8u2 or later
Is CVE-2017-2640 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 2.10.11-r1
- from 0, < 2.12.0-1
- from 0, < 2.10.10-1~deb7u3
- from 0, < 2.11.0-0+deb8u2
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 |