VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-1000030

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability1.84%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-09-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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 appear to be exploitable via custom X.509 certificate from another client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.11.0.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation

Primary references