CVE-2016-2374

Publication date 23 June 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1 · High

Score breakdown

An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT MultiMX message sent via the server can result in an out-of-bounds write leading to memory disclosure and code execution.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pidgin 16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1
15.10 wily
Fixed 1:2.10.11-0ubuntu4.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.7

Patch details

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Package Patch details
pidgin

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H