An exploitable out-of-bounds read exists in the handling... · CVE-2016-2375 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

An exploitable out-of-bounds read exists in the handling...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

An exploitable out-of-bounds read exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT contact information sent from the server can result in memory disclosure.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Jan 6, 2017

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022

Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Moderate

5.3

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N