CVE-2016-2376
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 6.7%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-2376
To remediate CVE-2016-2376, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pidgin—upgrade to 2.11.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-2376 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 6.7%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.11.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |