Is CVE-2016-1000030 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-1000030 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-1000030?

CVE-2016-1000030 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-1000030?

CVE-2016-1000030 has an EPSS score of 1.84% (76th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1000030?

Upgrade pidgin on debian 11 to 2.11.0-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-1000030

CRITICALEPSS 76th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-295Improper Certificate Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

pidginDebian

Fixed in:2.11.0-1CVE-2016-1000030

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.84%probability of exploitation in 30 days

76thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 76% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

bitbucket.org

Vendor Advisory1

pidgin.im

Third-Party Advisory3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-4000	Low	3.7	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-0601	High	8.1	89%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2009-3555	Critical	9.8	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-26923	High	8.8	83%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-27823	Critical	9.8	53%	-	-
CVE-2022-42979	High	8.8	24%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.