PT-2016-5143 · Pidgin+2 · Pidgin+2

Yves Younan · Published 2016-06-23 · Updated 2017-03-30 · CVE-2016-2374

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 A memory corruption issue exists in Pidgin's handling of the MXIT protocol. This is caused by specially crafted MXIT MultiMX messages sent via the server, which can lead to an out-of-bounds write. As a result, this can cause memory disclosure and potentially allow code execution.

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

Information Disclosure

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1727

CVE-2016-2374

DLA-542-1

DSA-3620-1

MGASA-2016-0236

USN-3031-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Pidgin

Ubuntu

References · 51

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2374 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3620-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2374 · 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2380 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4323 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2374 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2374 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2366 · Vendor Advisory