{"id":"CVE-2017-2640","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.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:17:15.279155250Z","published":"2018-07-27T18:29:00.970Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2018:2235-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:11172-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-10"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3806"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96775"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2640"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2640.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.12.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.4"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.4"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.5"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.0"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}