CVE-2016-2374

High

Description

An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT MultiMX message sent via the server can result in an out-of-bounds write leading to memory disclosure and code execution.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.1
Exploit probability—
ProductPidgin
PublishedJan 6, 2017
First seenJan 6, 2017

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pidgin pidginv ≤ 2.10.12—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 15.10—
debian debian_linux8.0—

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