UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2371

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2371
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2371.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2371
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Published
2016-06-23T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:34:13.239740Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pidgin@1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1
1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.2
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu1
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu2
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "finch",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "finch-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "finch-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple-bin",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple0",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-data",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pidgin@1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.10.11-0ubuntu4
1:2.10.11-0ubuntu5
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu1
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu2
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu3
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu4
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "finch",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "finch-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "finch-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple-bin",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple0",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-data",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        }
    ]
}