CVE-2016-2378 (GCVE-0-2016-2378)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-06 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CWE
- buffer overflow
Assigner
References
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| http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=94 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-20… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Impacted products
Date Public
2016-06-21 00:00
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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