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CVE-2016-2367

Published: 23 June 2016

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 can send an invalid size for an avatar 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 avatar is sent to another user.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
pidgin
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.7)
trusty
Released (1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3)
upstream
Released (2.11.0-1)
wily
Released (1:2.10.11-0ubuntu4.2)
xenial
Released (1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/5e3601f8bde4
upstream: https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/1c5197a66760
upstream: https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/648f667a679c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.9
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H