ALPINE-CVE-2017-2640

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-2640
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-2640.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2017-2640
Upstream
Published
2018-07-27T18:29:00.970Z
Modified
2026-06-15T18:24:40.949002282Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.2 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.10.11-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-2640.json"

Alpine:v3.3 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.10.11-r3

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-2640.json"

Alpine:v3.4 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.11.0-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-2640.json"

Alpine:v3.5 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.11.0-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-2640.json"