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prionPRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2016-2378
HistoryJan 06, 2017 - 9:59 p.m.

Buffer overflow

2017-01-0621:59:00
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7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

77.1%

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol Pidgin. Specially crafted data sent via the server could potentially result in a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in memory corruption. A malicious server or an unfiltered malicious user can send negative length values to trigger this vulnerability.