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
2025-11-14T04:17:52.907474Z
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

Affected versions

2.*

2.7.0-r0
2.7.0-r1
2.7.1-r0
2.7.2-r0
2.7.3-r0
2.7.4-r0
2.7.5-r0
2.7.6-r0
2.7.7-r0
2.7.8-r0
2.7.9-r0
2.7.9-r1
2.7.9-r2
2.7.10-r0
2.7.11-r0
2.7.11-r1
2.7.11-r2
2.8.0-r0
2.9.0-r0
2.10.0-r0
2.10.0-r1
2.10.0-r2
2.10.0-r3
2.10.0-r4
2.10.1-r0
2.10.2-r0
2.10.3-r0
2.10.3-r1
2.10.4-r0
2.10.5-r0
2.10.6-r0
2.10.6-r1
2.10.6-r2
2.10.6-r3
2.10.7-r0
2.10.7-r1
2.10.7-r2
2.10.8-r0
2.10.9-r0
2.10.10-r0
2.10.11-r0

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

Affected versions

2.*

2.7.0-r0
2.7.0-r1
2.7.1-r0
2.7.2-r0
2.7.3-r0
2.7.4-r0
2.7.5-r0
2.7.6-r0
2.7.7-r0
2.7.8-r0
2.7.9-r0
2.7.9-r1
2.7.9-r2
2.7.10-r0
2.7.11-r0
2.7.11-r1
2.7.11-r2
2.8.0-r0
2.9.0-r0
2.10.0-r0
2.10.0-r1
2.10.0-r2
2.10.0-r3
2.10.0-r4
2.10.1-r0
2.10.2-r0
2.10.3-r0
2.10.3-r1
2.10.4-r0
2.10.5-r0
2.10.6-r0
2.10.6-r1
2.10.6-r2
2.10.6-r3
2.10.7-r0
2.10.7-r1
2.10.7-r2
2.10.8-r0
2.10.9-r0
2.10.10-r0
2.10.11-r0
2.10.11-r1
2.10.11-r2

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

Affected versions

2.*

2.7.0-r0
2.7.0-r1
2.7.1-r0
2.7.2-r0
2.7.3-r0
2.7.4-r0
2.7.5-r0
2.7.6-r0
2.7.7-r0
2.7.8-r0
2.7.9-r0
2.7.9-r1
2.7.9-r2
2.7.10-r0
2.7.11-r0
2.7.11-r1
2.7.11-r2
2.8.0-r0
2.9.0-r0
2.10.0-r0
2.10.0-r1
2.10.0-r2
2.10.0-r3
2.10.0-r4
2.10.1-r0
2.10.2-r0
2.10.3-r0
2.10.3-r1
2.10.4-r0
2.10.5-r0
2.10.6-r0
2.10.6-r1
2.10.6-r2
2.10.6-r3
2.10.7-r0
2.10.7-r1
2.10.7-r2
2.10.8-r0
2.10.9-r0
2.10.10-r0
2.10.11-r0
2.10.11-r1
2.10.11-r2
2.10.12-r0
2.11.0-r0

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

Affected versions

2.*

2.7.0-r0
2.7.0-r1
2.7.1-r0
2.7.2-r0
2.7.3-r0
2.7.4-r0
2.7.5-r0
2.7.6-r0
2.7.7-r0
2.7.8-r0
2.7.9-r0
2.7.9-r1
2.7.9-r2
2.7.10-r0
2.7.11-r0
2.7.11-r1
2.7.11-r2
2.8.0-r0
2.9.0-r0
2.10.0-r0
2.10.0-r1
2.10.0-r2
2.10.0-r3
2.10.0-r4
2.10.1-r0
2.10.2-r0
2.10.3-r0
2.10.3-r1
2.10.4-r0
2.10.5-r0
2.10.6-r0
2.10.6-r1
2.10.6-r2
2.10.6-r3
2.10.7-r0
2.10.7-r1
2.10.7-r2
2.10.8-r0
2.10.9-r0
2.10.10-r0
2.10.11-r0
2.10.11-r1
2.10.11-r2
2.10.12-r0
2.11.0-r0

Database specific

source

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