CVE-2016-2378 Information

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol Pidgin. Specially crafted data sent via the server could potentially result in a buffer overflow potentially resulting in memory corruption. A malicious server or an unfiltered malicious user can send negative length values to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620 http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=94 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335 http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0120/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.1