CVE-2016-2371
HIGH8.1EPSS 3.5%Published: 1/6/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2371
Description
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could cause memory corruption resulting in code execution.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/pidginfrom 0, < 2.11.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |