PT-2016-5145

CVE-2016-2376

Published

2016-06-23

Updated

2017-03-30

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 A buffer overflow issue exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could result in arbitrary code execution. An attacker who intercepts the network traffic or a malicious server can send an invalid packet size, triggering a buffer overflow.

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

Impacts

Researchers

Yves Younan

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

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

Related identifiers

CVE-2016-2376

ALT-PU-2016-1727

DLA-542-1