CVE-2016-2376
- 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
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-01-06T21:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 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
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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.
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