PT-2016-5137
CVE-2016-2367
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Published
2016-06-23
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Updated
2025-04-20
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.9
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Pidgin (affected versions not specified)
Description
An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious user, server, or man-in-the-middle can send an invalid size for an avatar, triggering an out-of-bounds read. This could result in a denial of service or copy data from memory to the file, leading to an information leak if the avatar is sent to another user.
Recommendations
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