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CVE-2016-2378

by Fred · 06/01/2017

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.

Date published : 2017-01-06

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=94

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