Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-2378

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol Pidgin. Specially crafted data sent via the server could potentially result in a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in memory corruption. A malicious server or an unfiltered malicious user can send negative length values to trigger this vulnerability.

  • Published: Jan 6, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-2378
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 8.1
  • AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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