VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-2372
An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 1.77%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.77%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An information leak 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 user, server, or man-in-the-middle attacker can send an invalid size for a file transfer which will trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. This could result in a denial of service or copy data from memory to the file, resulting in an information leak if the file is sent to another user.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.77% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125, CWE-200
- Affected
- pidgin/pidgin · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620Third Party Advisory
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0140/Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620Third Party Advisory
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0140/Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.