CVE-2016-2380

An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent to the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A user could be convinced to enter a particular string which would then get converted incorrectly and could lead to a potential out-of-bounds read.

Score

CVSS 3.0 3.1 Low

Status

Modified - cret@cert.org

Published

2017-01-06

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-125, CWE-200

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=96
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
• http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0123/
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38