CVE-2016-2372
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.5%
Description
An information leak 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 user, server, or man-in-the-middle attacker can send an invalid size for a file transfer which will trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. This could result in a denial of service or copy data from memory to the file, resulting in an information leak if the file is sent to another user.
How to fix CVE-2016-2372
To remediate CVE-2016-2372, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.11.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-2372 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.11.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H |