Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-2369

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a denial of service vulnerability. A malicious server can send a packet starting with a NULL byte triggering the vulnerability.

  • Published: Jan 6, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-2369
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.9
  • AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.3
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
pidgin / pidgin - 2.10.12.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 12.04 12.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 15.10 15.10.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 14.04 14.04.x
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x