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 can send an invalid size for an avatar 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 avatar is sent to another user.
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Source | ID | Title |
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DLA-542-1 | pidgin security update |
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DSA-3620-1 | pidgin security update |
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EUVD-2016-3451 | 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 can send an invalid size for an avatar 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 avatar is sent to another user. |
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USN-3031-1 | Pidgin vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: certcc
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T23:24:49.148Z
Reserved: 2016-02-12T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-2367

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-01-06T21:59:00.603
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2016-2367


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