CVE-2016-2365

pidgin: MXIT Markup Command Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published Jan 6, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
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 a null pointer dereference. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability and cause a crash.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-542-1 pidgin security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3620-1 pidgin security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-3449 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 a null pointer dereference. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability and cause a crash.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3031-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
certcc
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:24 PM
Reserved
Feb 12, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 6, 2017, 9:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:43 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jun 21, 2016, 12:00 AM