PT-2016-3142

CVE-2016-2368

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Published

2016-06-23

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Updated

2025-04-20

Description by

CVSS 3.1
8.1
High
MetricsAV: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 The issue is related to multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in the handling of the MXIT protocol. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by sending specially crafted MXIT data via the server, potentially resulting in buffer overflows. This could lead to code execution or memory disclosure. An attacker, acting remotely, could exploit these vulnerabilities to disclose memory or inject arbitrary code.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2016-1727
DLA-542-1
DSA-3620-1
MGASA-2016-0236
USN-3031-1
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