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 an out-of-bounds read. 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)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=99
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0134/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0192
EPSS Percentile
83.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
15.10
debian/debian_linux
8.0
pidgin/pidgin
< 2.10.12
Pidgin/Pidgin
2.10.11
Published
Jan 06, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026