CVE-2016-2372 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620 http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335 http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0140/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.9