An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT MultiMX message sent via the server can result in an out-of-bounds write leading to memory disclosure and code execution.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2017-01-06T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:24:49.339Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-2374

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-06T21:59:00.883

Modified: 2017-03-30T01:59:00.957

Link: CVE-2016-2374

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2016-2374 - Bugzilla