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.
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96775 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854 | Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2640 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-10 | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3806 | Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2018-07-27T18:00:00
Updated: 2018-07-28T09:57:01
Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-2640
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-07-27T18:29:00.970
Modified: 2019-10-09T23:27:00.633
Link: CVE-2017-2640
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE