VDB
CVE-2016-2366
CVE-2016-2366
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM
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 an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability and cause a crash.
EPSS 2.48% · 84.0th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
5.900000095367432
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
2.48%
84.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | pidgin | 0, 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1, * |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | pidgin | 0, 1:2.10.11-0ubuntu4, 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Jun 23, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 5, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 28, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 20, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 11, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2366 third-party-advisory
- http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0134/ third-party-advisory
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=99 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3031-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2366 third-party-advisory