Vulnerability Details CVE-2016-2378
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.013
EPSS Ranking 78.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.1
CVSS v2 Score 6.8
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=94
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0120/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=94
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0120/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
Products affected by CVE-2016-2378
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:-
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:1.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.1
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.10
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.11
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.12
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.2
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.3
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.4
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.5
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.6
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.7
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.8
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.9
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.6
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.7
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.8
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.9
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.5
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.6
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.10
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.11
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.3
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.4
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.5
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.6
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.7
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.8
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.7.9
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.9.0
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0