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FKIE_CVE-2016-2851

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-04-07 23:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:44
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00021.htmlMailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00030.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/21Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3512Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537745/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84285Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2926-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2016-March/002581.htmlExploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-10Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39550/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2016-001-libotr/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00021.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00030.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/21Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3512Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537745/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84285Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2926-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2016-March/002581.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-10Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39550/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2016-001-libotr/Exploit
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux 7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0
opensuse leap 42.1
opensuse opensuse 13.2
cypherpunks libotr *

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