vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2016-2374: pidgin -- security update
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jul 15, 2016 | Jul 15, 2016 | May 5, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 15, 2016
Added
Jul 15, 2016
Modified
May 5, 2025
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.
Solution
debian-upgrade-pidgin

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