CVE-2016-1000030 is a critical vulnerability affecting Pidgin versions prior to 2.11.0, specifically impacting its X.509 certificate import functionality. Improper handling of return values from gnutls_x509_crt_init() and gnutls_x509_crt_import() can lead to remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) over the network with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.