CVE-2016-1000030

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    CVE-2016-1000030

    Published: 5 Sept 2018Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000030, https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=91, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38, https://www.suse.com/pt-br/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000030/, https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/d6fc1ce76ffe

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    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
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    Low
    High