Denial of Service Vulnerability in Pidgin's MXIT Protocol Handling
CVE-2016-2370

5.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Pidgin

Status
Pidgin
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 January 2017

What is CVE-2016-2370?

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Pidgin due to improper handling of data packets associated with the MXIT protocol. An attacker can exploit this flaw by sending specially crafted MXIT data from a malicious server or through a man-in-the-middle attack. This could lead to an out-of-bounds read, disrupting the service and potentially affecting the application's stability. It is crucial for Pidgin users to update to the latest version to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.

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Affected Version(s)

Pidgin 2.10.11

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0138/
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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