Denial of Service Vulnerability in Pidgin Affected by Malicious MXIT Data
CVE-2016-2373

5.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Pidgin

Status
Pidgin
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 January 2017

What is CVE-2016-2373?

A vulnerability exists in Pidgin's handling of the MXIT protocol, allowing specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server to potentially cause an out-of-bounds read. This flaw could be exploited by a malicious actor sending invalid mood data, thereby triggering instability and denial of service within the application.

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Affected Version(s)

Pidgin 2.10.11

References

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0141/
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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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