PT-2016-5147

CVE-2016-2378

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. This can be triggered by specially crafted data sent via the server, potentially resulting in memory corruption. The vulnerability can be exploited by a malicious server or an unfiltered malicious user sending negative length values.

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-2016-2378

ALT-PU-2016-1727

DLA-542-1