MXIT Protocol Information Leak Vulnerability in Pidgin

CVE-2016-2380 · MEDIUM Severity

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

An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent to the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A user could be convinced to enter a particular string which would then get converted incorrectly and could lead to a potential out-of-bounds read.

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