VDB
CVE-2016-2377
CVE-2016-2377
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.100000381469727 HIGH
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent by the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds write of one byte. A malicious server can send a negative content-length in response to a HTTP request triggering the vulnerability.
EPSS 2.67% · 84.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
8.100000381469727
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
2.67%
84.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | pidgin | *, 0, 1:2.10.11-0ubuntu4 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | pidgin | 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1, 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.2, 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Jun 23, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 18, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Oct 31, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2377 third-party-advisory
- http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0119/ third-party-advisory
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=93 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3031-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2377 third-party-advisory