CVE-2016-2380

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-2380
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-06 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-03-30 01:59:00 UTC
DescriptionAn information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent to the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A user could be convinced to enter a particular string which would then get converted incorrectly and could lead to a potential out-of-bounds read.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200 | CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-38) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Pidgin Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Pidgin Security Advisories CONFIRM www.pidgin.im Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-3031-1: Pidgin vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3620-1 pidgin DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Cisco Talos - Talos 2016 0123 MISC www.talosintelligence.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671085 EulerOS Security Update for pidgin (EulerOS-SA-2019-2387)
  • 710343 Gentoo Linux Pidgin Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-38)
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