High severity · published Jan 6, 2017
CVE-2016-2378
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol Pidgin
8.1
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
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)2.5% · higher than 85% 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-2016-2378
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2378
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
Patch
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=94
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
Technical Description
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0120/
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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