Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-2380

An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent to the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A user could be convinced to enter a particular string which would then get converted incorrectly and could lead to a potential out-of-bounds read.

  • Published: Jan 6, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-2380
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 3.1
  • AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2:

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

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