A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in arbitrary code execution. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send an invalid size for a packet which will trigger a buffer overflow.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2017-01-06T21:00:00

Updated: 2017-03-29T19:57:02

Reserved: 2016-02-12T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2016-2376

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-06T21:59:00.977

Modified: 2017-03-30T01:59:01.067


Link: CVE-2016-2376

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