CVE-2016-2378
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 3%
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol Pidgin. Specially crafted data sent via the server could potentially result in a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in memory corruption. A malicious server or an unfiltered malicious user can send negative length values 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 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | pidgin | 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3 |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | pidgin | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1 |