CVE-2016-2373
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.9 · Out-of-bounds read
5.9CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
A denial of service vulnerability 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 server or user can send an invalid mood to trigger this vulnerability.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=106 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=106Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335Advisory
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0141/Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38