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[email protected]CVE-2016-2373

HistoryJan 06, 2017 - 9:59 p.m.

CVE-2016-2373

2017-01-0621:59:00

CWE-125

[email protected]

web.nvd.nist.gov

security

vulnerability

denial of service

pidgin

mxit protocol

nvd

cve-2016-2373

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

5.9 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.6%

JSON

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 user can send an invalid mood to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected configurations

NVD

Node

pidginpidginRange≤2.10.12

Node

canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch12.04lts

canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch14.04lts

canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch15.10

Node

debiandebian_linuxMatch8.0

CPENameOperatorVersion
pidgin:pidginpidginle2.10.12

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
pidgin:pidgin	pidgin	le	2.10.12

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Pidgin",
    "vendor": "Pidgin",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.10.11"
      }
    ]
  }
]