CVE-2016-2378

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol Pidgin. Specially crafted data sent via the server could potentially result in a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in memory corruption. A malicious server or an unfiltered malicious user can send negative length values to trigger this vulnerability.

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=94
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
• http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0120/
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38