CVE-2016-2371
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-06 21:00
Modified
2024-08-05 23:24
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could cause memory corruption resulting in code execution.
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