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CVE-2016-2367

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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

An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious user, server, or man-in-the-middle can send an invalid size for an avatar which will trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. This could result in a denial of service or copy data from memory to the file, resulting in an information leak if the avatar is sent to another user.

Affected (5)

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

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: 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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