Out-of-bounds Write Affecting pidgin-devel package, versions <0:2.10.11-5.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.84% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PIDGINDEVEL-2084341
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Mar 2017

Introduced: 10 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-2640  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 pidgin-devel to version 0:2.10.11-5.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pidgin-devel package and not the pidgin-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.