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CVE-2016-2372

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

An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious user, server, or man-in-the-middle attacker can send an invalid size for a file transfer which will trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. This could result in a denial of service or copy data from memory to the file, resulting in an information leak if the file is sent to another user.

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-5mwr-c2hc-vr2x

Advisory Details

An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious user, server, or man-in-the-middle attacker can send an invalid size for a file transfer which will trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. This could result in a denial of service or copy data from memory to the file, resulting in an information leak if the file is sent to another user.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2372
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=105
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
WEB http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0140
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.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0140/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105
Published: 2017-01-06T21:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T23:24:49.128Z
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