PT-2016-5147

CVE-2016-2378

Publicado

2016-06-23

Atualizado

2017-03-30

Descrição por

CVSS 3.1

8.1

Alta

MétricasAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pidgin (affected versions not specified)

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol. This can be triggered by specially crafted data sent via the server, potentially resulting in memory corruption. The vulnerability can be exploited by a malicious server or an unfiltered malicious user sending negative length values.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Impactos

Pesquisadores

Yves Younan

Fornecedores

Produtos afetados

Enumeração de fraquezas

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Identificadores relacionados

CVE-2016-2378

ALT-PU-2016-1727

DLA-542-1