{"action":"Upgrade pidgin to 2.12.0-1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"2.12.0-1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"pidgin","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:13","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["2.12.0-1"],"id":"tcs_01M5NCCZ82AGESH0ZESFK2X3GT","modified_at":"2026-09-01T20:03:05.320271105Z","published_at":"2018-07-27T18:29:00.970Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2640","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2640"],"severity":{"label":"critical","score":9.8},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2640#Debian:13/pidgin","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2640"}],"summary":"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"}