CVE-2016-2378

moderate-risk
Published 2017-01-06

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.

Do I need to act?

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3.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.1/10 High
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (5)

Affected Vendors

Debian Canonical Pidgin

References (12)

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
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
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
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 7/34 · Low
Exposure 12/34 · Low