Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Pidgin / Pidgin | affected 2.10.11 |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=92
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0118/
- 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
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.