CVE-2016-2365

MEDIUM

Pidgin < 2.10.12 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

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.

References (6)

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=98

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335

[Technical Description, Third Party Advisory] http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0133/

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0325

EPSS Percentile 87.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Affected Products (6)

Pidgin/Pidgin < 2.10.11

pidgin/pidgin < 2.10.12

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Jan 06, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026