NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability in Pidgin's MXIT Protocol Handling

CVE-2016-2369 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a denial of service vulnerability. A malicious server can send a packet starting with a NULL byte triggering the vulnerability.

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