CVE-2017-2640 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96775 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2640 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-10 https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3806

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8