CVE-2016-2370
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.021 · 82 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious server or man-in-the-middle attacker can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability.
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affected products (6)
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references (17)
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620cnnvd
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=103cnnvd
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0138/cnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1cnnvd
- https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=103Patchcnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620enisa_euvd
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=103enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335enisa_euvd
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