{"id":"ALPINE-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":"2026-06-15T18:24:40.949002282Z","published":"2018-07-27T18:29:00.970Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-2640"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-2640"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pidgin","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.2","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/pidgin?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.10.11-r1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-2640.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pidgin","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.3","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/pidgin?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.10.11-r3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-2640.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pidgin","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.4","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/pidgin?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.11.0-r1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-2640.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pidgin","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.5","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/pidgin?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.11.0-r1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-2640.json"}}],"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"}]}