CVE-2016-2365
MEDIUM5.9EPSS 3.1%pidgin - security update
Published: 1/6/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2365
Description
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 a null pointer dereference. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability and cause a crash.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/pidginfrom 0, < 2.11.0-1
- Debian/pidginfrom 0, < 2.10.10-1~deb7u2
- Debian/pidginfrom 0, < 2.11.0-0+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |