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CVE-2016-2374
An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT MultiMX…
High8.1EPSS 3.2%
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- Reserved
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- certcc
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% 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: High 8.1.
Weakness
- out-of-bounds write
- CWE-125 (opens in a new tab)
- CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Pidgin · Pidgin
- affected 2.10.11
References (6)
- 91335 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0142/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-3620 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=107 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .