PT-2016-5140
CVE-2016-2371
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Published
2016-06-23
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Updated
2025-04-20
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.1
HighMetricsAV: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
An out-of-bounds write issue exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol, which could be triggered by specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server, potentially causing memory corruption and resulting in code execution.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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