Description
A denial of service vulnerability 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 server or user can send an invalid mood to trigger this vulnerability.
Published: 2017-01-06
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: 2.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-542-1 pidgin security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3620-1 pidgin security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-3457 A denial of service vulnerability 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 server or user can send an invalid mood to trigger this vulnerability.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3031-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Pidgin Pidgin
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:24:49.266Z

Reserved: 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2373

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-01-06T21:59:00.837

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-2373

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-06-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2373 - Bugzilla

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