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CVE-2016-2372 (GCVE-0-2016-2372)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-06 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:24

Summary

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 attacker can send an invalid size for a file transfer 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 file is sent to another user.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


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

CWE

out-of-bounds read

Assigner

certcc CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 42/100 over 165 records in the last 180 days details

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-20…	x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Pidgin	Pidgin	Affected: 2.10.11	guessed

Date Public

2016-06-21 00:00

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CNVD-2016-04332

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2016-06-29

Title

Pidgin MXIT协议信息泄露漏洞（CNVD-2016-04332）

Description

Pidgin是一款跨平台的实时通信客户端。 Pidgin 2.10.11版本的MXIT协议处理过程中存在信息泄露漏洞，攻击者可借助无效的头像大小，利用该漏洞造成拒绝服务（越边界读取），或将内存复制到文件中。

Severity

中

Patch Name

Pidgin MXIT协议信息泄露漏洞（CNVD-2016-04332）的补丁

Patch Description

Pidgin是一款跨平台的实时通信客户端。 Pidgin 2.10.11版本的MXIT协议处理过程中存在信息泄露漏洞，攻击者可借助无效的头像大小，利用该漏洞造成拒绝服务（越边界读取），或将内存复制到文件中。目前，供应商发布了安全公告及相关补丁信息，修复了此漏洞。

Formal description

目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复此安全问题，补丁获取链接： https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105

Reference

https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105

Impacted products

Name
Pidgin Pidgin 2.10.11

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FKIE_CVE-2016-2372

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-01-06 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:43

Severity

5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Summary

References

URL	Tags
cret@cert.org	http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620	Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.org	http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105	Patch, Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cret@cert.org	http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0140/	Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.org	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1	Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.org	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0140/	Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
pidgin	pidgin	*
canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04
canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04
canonical	ubuntu_linux	15.10
debian	debian_linux	8.0

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GHSA-5MWR-C2HC-VR2X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:52 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:30

Details

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


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

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  "affected": [],
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  ],
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  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:30:49Z",
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  ]
}

GSD-2016-2372

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

Details

Aliases

CVE-2016-2372

Aliases

CVE-2016-2372

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}

SUSE-SU-2016:2416-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-09-29 13:16 - Updated: 2026-09-20 12:17

Summary

Security update for pidgin

Severity

Important

Scope

5 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-2372.

CVE-2016-2372

5.9 (Medium)


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

Recommended: 140 products

Open the full advisory

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2372 (CVE-2016-2372)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-06-23 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:37 – Source website

Details

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2372	REPORT
	http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0140/	REPORT
	http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3031-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2372	REPORT

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