PT-2016-5140 · Pidgin+3 · Pidgin+3

Yves Younan · Published 2016-06-23 · Updated 2025-04-20 · CVE-2016-2371

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pidgin (affected versions not specified)

Description An out-of-bounds write issue exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol, which could be triggered by specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server, potentially causing memory corruption and resulting in code execution.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1727

CVE-2016-2371

DLA-542-1

DSA-3620-1

MGASA-2016-0236

SUSE-SU-2016:2416-1

USN-3031-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Pidgin

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 64

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3620-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2370 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2376 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3031-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2365 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2380 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4323 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2366 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2378 · Vendor Advisory