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prionPRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2016-2369
HistoryJan 06, 2017 - 9:59 p.m.

Null pointer dereference

2017-01-0621:59:00
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6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.7%

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a denial of service vulnerability. A malicious server can send a packet starting with a NULL byte triggering the vulnerability.