CVE-2016-2377

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

8.1

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent by the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds write of one byte. A malicious server can send a negative content-length in response to a HTTP request triggering the vulnerability.

Affected (5)

Products: Pidgin: Pidgin · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux · Debian: Debian Linux

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Pidgin Pidgin	Up to 2.10.12

Configuration B

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 15.10

Configuration C

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (12)

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620

Source: cret@cert.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=93

Source: cret@cert.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335

Source: cret@cert.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0119/

Source: cret@cert.org

Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1

Source: cret@cert.org

Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38

Source: cret@cert.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=93

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0119/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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