PT-2016-5142
CVE-2016-2373
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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
A denial of service issue 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 server or user can send an invalid mood to trigger this issue.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.
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