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CVE-2016-2378

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

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.

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