CVE-2016-2367

MEDIUM

Pidgin < 2.10.12 - Information Disclosure

Title source: rule

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 can send an invalid size for an avatar 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 avatar is sent to another user.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0195
EPSS Percentile 83.3%
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-125 CWE-200
Status published

Affected Products (6)

pidgin/pidgin < 2.10.12
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
debian/debian_linux
Pidgin/Pidgin < 2.10.11

Timeline

Published Jan 06, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026