CVE-2017-2640: Debian Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 6.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Pidgin Pidgin: before 2.12.0 (fixed in 2.12.0)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 7.4 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 7.0 only

Published 2018-07-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.