CVE-2016-2376 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Pidgin
Severity
8.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
6.9%
top 8.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 6
Latest updateMay 17
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in arbitrary code execution. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send an invalid size for a packet which will trigger a buffer overflow.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages4 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.10