Vulnerability in Pidgin
CVE-2016-1000030
Pidgin version <2.11.0 contains a vulnerability in X.509 Certificates imports specifically due to improper check of return values from gnutls_x509_crt_init() and gnutls_x509_crt_import() that can result in code execution. This attack appea…
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
EPSS: 0.018 (76.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Pidgin
- Suse Linux_enterprise_server — versions 11
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1000030?
- CVE-2016-1000030 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pidgin, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-09-05.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1000030?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.