FKIE_CVE-2016-2368

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-01-06 21:59 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could result in multiple buffer overflows, potentially resulting in code execution or memory disclosure.
References
cret@cert.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttp://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=101Patch, Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cret@cert.orghttp://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0136/Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=101Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0136/Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://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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