CVE-2016-2368 (GCVE-0-2016-2368)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-06 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:24
VLAI?
Summary
Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could result in multiple buffer overflows, potentially resulting in code execution or memory disclosure.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • buffer overflow
Assigner
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=101 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-20… x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Pidgin Pidgin Affected: 2.10.11
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