Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability in Pidgin XML Processing

CVE-2017-2640 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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