{"id":"CVE-2016-2370","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-2370","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:49:06.283Z","title":"A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin.","description":"A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious server or man-in-the-middle attacker can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability.","published":"2017-01-06T21:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:43:55.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["pidgin/pidgin","canonical/ubuntu linux","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.02115,"percentile":0.81697,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.11%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=103","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0138/","tags":["Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=103","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0138/","tags":["Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2370","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}