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CVE-2017-2640
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-07-27T18:29:00.970 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:16:34.230

Summary

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.

Affected products

pidgin — pidgin

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References

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