CVE-2016-2377
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 6, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 12, 2016
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent by the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds write of one byte. A malicious server can send a negative content-length in response to a HTTP request triggering the vulnerability.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
PidginPidgin |
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References
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=93
- 91335vdb-entry
- DSA-3620vendor-advisory
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0119/
- GLSA-201701-38vendor-advisory
- USN-3031-1vendor-advisory
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