CVE-2016-2376

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2376

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2376.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2376

Related

Published

2017-01-06T21:59:00Z

Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25Z

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

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in arbitrary code execution. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send an invalid size for a packet which will trigger a buffer overflow.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pidgin

Package

Name: pidgin
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.11.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / pidgin

Package

Name: pidgin
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.11.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / pidgin

Package

Name: pidgin
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.11.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}