High severity · published Jan 6, 2017
CVE-2016-2374
An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin
8.1
CVSS
3.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT MultiMX message sent via the server can result in an out-of-bounds write leading to memory disclosure and code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.2% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
PI
Pidgin · Pidgin
through 2.10.12 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2374
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2374
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
Patch
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=107
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
Technical Description
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0142/
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
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