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CVE-2016-2365

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Published: Jan 6, 2017Modified: May 6, 2026

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5.9
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

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 a null pointer dereference. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability and cause a crash.

Affected (5)

Pidgin
1 product
Pidgin
Canonical
1 product
Ubuntu Linux
Debian
1 product
Debian Linux
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Pidgin
Up to 2.10.12
Configuration B
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Canonical
Ubuntu Linux
Version 12.04
Ubuntu Linux
Version 14.04
Ubuntu Linux
Version 15.10
Configuration C
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Debian Linux
Version 8.0

Related CWEs

CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (12)

Source: cret@cert.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: cret@cert.org
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: cret@cert.org
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: cret@cert.org
Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: cret@cert.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: cret@cert.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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