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CVE-2016-2374

Date: January 6, 2017

An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT MultiMX message sent via the server can result in an out-of-bounds write leading to memory disclosure and code execution.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (11)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2374
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2374
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2374
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0142/
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=107
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-2374
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-2374

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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