CVE-2016-2370 (GCVE-0-2016-2370)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-06 21:00
Modified
2024-08-05 23:24
Severity ?
CWE
  • out-of-bounds read
Summary
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious server or man-in-the-middle attacker can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability.
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Pidgin Pidgin Version: 2.10.11
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