UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2640

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2640
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2640.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2640
Upstream
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Published
2017-03-10T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:03Z
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
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pidgin@1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1
1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.2
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu1
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu2
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4",
            "binary_name": "finch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4",
            "binary_name": "finch-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4",
            "binary_name": "libpurple-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4",
            "binary_name": "libpurple-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4",
            "binary_name": "libpurple0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4",
            "binary_name": "pidgin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4",
            "binary_name": "pidgin-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4",
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pidgin@1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.2

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.10.11-0ubuntu4
1:2.10.11-0ubuntu5
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu1
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu2
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu3
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu4
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.2",
            "binary_name": "finch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.2",
            "binary_name": "finch-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.2",
            "binary_name": "libpurple-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.2",
            "binary_name": "libpurple-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.2",
            "binary_name": "libpurple0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.2",
            "binary_name": "pidgin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.2",
            "binary_name": "pidgin-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.2",
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dev"
        }
    ]
}