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CVE-2016-2365
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server…
Medium5.9EPSS 2.4%
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- certcc
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 a null pointer dereference. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability and cause a crash.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
- null pointer dereference
- CWE-476 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Pidgin · Pidgin
- affected 2.10.11
References (6)
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=98 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 91335 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3620 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0133/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-38 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-3031-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
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