CVE-2016-1000030

9.8 criticalEPSS 1.8%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 79% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-295
Published: 2018-09-05
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

pidgin:pidgin
suse:linux_enterprise_server

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000030
https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/d6fc1ce76ffe
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/

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