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CVE-2016-2365

UNKNOWN
Published 2017-01-06T21:00:00
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Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a null pointer dereference. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability and cause a crash.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Pidgin

Pidgin

Affected Versions:

2.10.11

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-8xq8-jg9h-c7fc

Advisory Details

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a null pointer dereference. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability and cause a crash.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2365
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
WEB http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
WEB http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=98
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
WEB http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0133
WEB http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 17, 2022, Modified: April 20, 2025

References

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=98
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0133/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
Published: 2017-01-06T21:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T23:24:49.076Z
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