CVE-2016-2373

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 user can send an invalid mood to trigger this vulnerability.

• CWE-125

• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620Third Party Advisory
• http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=106Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0141/Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620Third Party Advisory
• http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=106Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0141/Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38

Published

Jan 6, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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