{"id":"CVE-2016-2371","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-2371","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:31.341Z","title":"An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin.","description":"An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could cause memory corruption resulting in code execution.","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":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["pidgin/pidgin","canonical/ubuntu linux","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.03162,"percentile":0.87902,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"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=104","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-2016-0139/","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=104","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-2016-0139/","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-2016-2371","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."}