CVE-2016-2374

pidgin: MXIT MultiMX Message Code Execution Vulnerability

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.6

CVSS 3.0

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Published · June 21, 2016

Updated · May 7, 2026

Description

An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT MultiMX message sent via the server can result in an out-of-bounds write leading to memory disclosure and code execution.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.6
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write