CVE-2016-2372
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2372
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2372.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2372
- Related
- Published
- 2017-01-06T21:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-04-20T01:37:25Z
- Downstream
- Severity
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- 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0140/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2372
Affected packages
Debian:11 / pidgin
Package
- Name
- pidgin
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source
Debian:12 / pidgin
Package
- Name
- pidgin
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source
Debian:13 / pidgin
Package
- Name
- pidgin
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source