Security Advisory
CVE-2016-1000030
9.8
CRITICAL
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
September 5, 2018
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory