CVE-2016-2373 | BDVDB-2026-80076 Detail

PidginPidgin

Description#

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious server or user can send an invalid mood to trigger this vulnerability.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0141/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=106

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-01-06Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.