CVE-2016-2376

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in arbitrary code execution. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send an invalid size for a packet which will trigger a buffer overflow.

Score

CVSS 3.0 8.1 High

Status

Modified - cret@cert.org

Published

2017-01-06

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Pidgin (Pidgin)

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
• http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=92
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
• http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0118/
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38