Fluid Attacks Database

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious server or user can send an invalid mood to trigger this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 11	pidgin	>=0 <2.11.0-1	2.11.0-1
debian 12	pidgin	>=0 <2.11.0-1	2.11.0-1
debian 13	pidgin	>=0 <2.11.0-1	2.11.0-1
debian 14	pidgin	>=0 <2.11.0-1	2.11.0-1
rpm rhel6	pidgin	-	-
rpm rhel5	pidgin	-	-
rpm rhel7	pidgin	-	-

Aliases

1. CVE-2016-23732. NVD-2016-23733. OSV-DEBIAN-2016-23734. OSV-2016-23735. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2016-2373

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