CVE-2016-2372

NONE EPSS 75.4%
Published Jan 6, 20179y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
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Published Jan 6, 2017 9y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
75.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read Memory Safety
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Information Exposure

Affected Products 5

VendorProductVersionRange
pidginpidgin* ≤2.10.12
canonicalubuntu_linux12.04any
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04any
canonicalubuntu_linux15.10any
debiandebian_linux8.0any

References 6

  • debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
    Third Party Advisory
  • pidgin.im http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105
    PatchVendor Advisory
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
    Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
  • talosintelligence.com http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0140/
    Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
  • ubuntu.com http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
    Third Party Advisory
  • security.gentoo.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38

Remediation

  • pidgin.im http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105
    PatchVendor Advisory