CVE-2016-4323

LOW3.7EPSS 3.5%
Published: 1/6/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4323

Description

A directory traversal exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in an overwrite of files. A malicious server or someone with access to the network traffic can provide an invalid filename for a splash image triggering the vulnerability.

Affected packages (1)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1LOW3.7CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References (1)