CVE-2016-2851 | BDVDB-2026-75006 Detail
Description#
Integer overflow in proto.c in libotr before 4.1.1 on 64-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a series of large OTR messages, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2926-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537745/100/0/threaded
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3512
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-10
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39550/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84285
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/21
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2016-001-libotr/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00021.html
- https://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2016-March/002581.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00030.html
Exploit#
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.