CVE-2016-2367 — Out-of-bounds Read in Pidgin
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.9%
top 16.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 6
Latest updateMay 17
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.10