Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 5, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-1000030
CVE-2016-1000030
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.
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Affected products
2<2.11.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <2.11.0
- (no CPE)range: <2.11.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/d6fc1ce76ffenvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000030nvdThird Party Advisory
- pidgin.im/news/security/nvdVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.suse.com/pt-br/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000030/nvdThird Party Advisory
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