fkie_cve-2016-2378
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-01-06 21:59
Modified
2024-11-21 02:48
Severity ?
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pidgin | pidgin | * | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 15.10 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |
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