Description (CNA)
A denial of service vulnerability 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 server or user can send an invalid mood to trigger this vulnerability.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Pidgin / Pidgin | affected 2.10.11 |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0141/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=106
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.