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CVE-2016-2376Date: (C)2017-01-11   (M)2023-12-22


A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in arbitrary code execution. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send an invalid size for a packet which will trigger a buffer overflow.

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CVSS V3 Severity:CVSS V2 Severity:
CVSS Score : 8.1CVSS Score : 6.8
Exploit Score: 2.2Exploit Score: 8.6
Impact Score: 5.9Impact Score: 6.4
 
CVSS V3 Metrics:CVSS V2 Metrics:
Attack Vector: NETWORKAccess Vector: NETWORK
Attack Complexity: HIGHAccess Complexity: MEDIUM
Privileges Required: NONEAuthentication: NONE
User Interaction: NONEConfidentiality: PARTIAL
Scope: UNCHANGEDIntegrity: PARTIAL
Confidentiality: HIGHAvailability: PARTIAL
Integrity: HIGH 
Availability: HIGH 
  
Reference:
BID-91335
DSA-3620
GLSA-201701-38
USN-3031-1
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=92
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0118/

CPE    4
cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10
cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::~~lts~~~
cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::~~lts~~~
cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
...
CWE    1
CWE-119
OVAL    5
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:52794
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:1800185
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:602558
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:40391
...

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