CVE-2016-1000030
pidgin: X.509 Certificates Improperly Imported
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · June 21, 2016
Updated · November 22, 2025
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CWE not specified