UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2378

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2378
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2378.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2378
Upstream
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Published
2016-06-23T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:12:07.208555Z
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

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol Pidgin. Specially crafted data sent via the server could potentially result in a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in memory corruption. A malicious server or an unfiltered malicious user can send negative length values to trigger this vulnerability.

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 

{
    "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"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

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 

{
    "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"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}