Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Pidgin's MXIT Protocol Handling

CVE-2016-2378 · MEDIUM Severity

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

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol Pidgin. Specially crafted data sent via the server could potentially result in a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in memory corruption. A malicious server or an unfiltered malicious user can send negative length values to trigger this vulnerability.

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