Vulnerability CVE-2016-2380
Published: 2017-01-06   Modified: 2017-01-07

Description:
An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent to the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A user could be convinced to enter a particular string which would then get converted incorrectly and could lead to a potential out-of-bounds read.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Pidgin -> Pidgin 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=96
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0123/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
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