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CVE-2016-2376

Published: 23 June 2016

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in arbitrary code execution. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send an invalid size for a packet which will trigger a buffer overflow.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
pidgin
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (2.11.0-1)
precise
Released (1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.7)
trusty
Released (1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3)
wily
Released (1:2.10.11-0ubuntu4.2)
xenial
Released (1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/19f89eda8587

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H