CVE-2016-2367
pidgin: MXIT Avatar Length Memory Disclosure Vulnerability
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · June 21, 2016
Updated · May 7, 2026
Description
An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious user, server, or man-in-the-middle can send an invalid size for an avatar which will trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. This could result in a denial of service or copy data from memory to the file, resulting in an information leak if the avatar is sent to another user.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 4.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 4AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read