CVE-2017-2640

Publication date 10 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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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	Upstream: https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/b2fc9e774cb9

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)

USN-3231-1
Pidgin vulnerability
14 March 2017