CVE-2017-2640

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-2640
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-07-27T18:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-09T23:27:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.12.0
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2640 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3806 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-10 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96775 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2640
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2640
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:09:33 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 10:36:01 2018-07-27T18:29Z 2018-07-27T18:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 10:36:01 2019-10-09T23:27:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 10:36:01 Modified Vulnerability Status updated