CVE-2016-2378

High

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol Pidgin. Specially crafted data sent via the server could potentially result in a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in memory corruption. A malicious server or an unfiltered malicious user can send negative length values to trigger this vulnerability.

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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