Low severity · published Jan 6, 2017
CVE-2016-2380
An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin
3.1
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent to the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A user could be convinced to enter a particular string which would then get converted incorrectly and could lead to a potential out-of-bounds read.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 78% 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-2016-2380
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2380
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
Patch
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=96
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
Third Party Advisory
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0123/
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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