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CVE-2016-2366
medium
Description
A denial of service vulnerability 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 server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability and cause a crash.
References
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0134/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335