Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability in Pidgin's MXIT Protocol Handling

CVE-2016-2374 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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