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CVE-2016-2374

high

Description

An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT MultiMX message sent via the server can result in an out-of-bounds write leading to memory disclosure and code execution.

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0142/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-3458

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=107

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-06

Updated: 2026-05-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03216