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TI-2016-09286 Aliases CVE-2016-1000030GHSA-mxjf-9j2x-85mg

Pidgin version <2.11.0 contains a vulnerability in X.509 Certificates imports…

Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-295Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01844 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*11 sp4VulnerableSUSE
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.11.0VulnerablePidgin
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11 sp4 Vulnerable ·SUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.11.0 Vulnerable ·Pidgin

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-1000030
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mxjf-9j2x-85mg

References

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Sources

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