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

Related

Published

2017-03-10T00:00:00Z

Modified

2025-06-02T17:08:45Z

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

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

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "finch",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "finch-dbgsym",
            "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": "libpurple0-dbgsym",
            "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-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4"
        }
    ]
}

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

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