{"id":"USN-3231-1","summary":"pidgin vulnerability","details":"Joseph Bisch discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled certain xml\nmessages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:32:52.304849Z","published":"2017-03-14T12:13:56Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2640"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-2640","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2640"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3231-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2640"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pidgin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pidgin@1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4"}]}],"versions":["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":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4","binary_name":"finch"},{"binary_version":"1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4","binary_name":"libpurple-bin"},{"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"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3231-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2017-2640"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}