CVE-2016-2370
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 2%
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious server or man-in-the-middle attacker can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability.
Products: pidgin
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | pidgin | 2.11.0-1 |
| Debian 13 | pidgin | 2.11.0-1 |
| Debian 14 | pidgin | 2.11.0-1 |
| Debian 7 | pidgin | 2.10.10-1~deb7u2 |
| Debian 8 | pidgin | 2.11.0-0+deb8u1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | pidgin | 2.6.6-0.29.1 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | pidgin | 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3 |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | pidgin | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1 |