CVE-2016-2378

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
8.1
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
3.306

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities affected in Pidgin 2.10.12Windows

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-336424Pidgin (2.14.13)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234