CVE-2016-2376
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-06 21:00
Modified
2024-08-05 23:24
Severity ?
Summary
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in arbitrary code execution. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send an invalid size for a packet which will trigger a buffer overflow.
References
cret@cert.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttp://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=92Patch, Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cret@cert.orghttp://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0118/Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=92Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0118/Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
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