CVE-2016-2371

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2371
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2371.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2371
Downstream
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Published
2017-01-06T21:59:00Z
Modified
2025-08-09T19:01:27Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could cause memory corruption resulting in code execution.

References

Affected packages