CVE-2016-2372

Severity Score

5.9

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious user, server, or man-in-the-middle attacker can send an invalid size for a file transfer which will trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. This could result in a denial of service or copy data from memory to the file, resulting in an information leak if the file is sent to another user.

Existe una fuga de información en el manejo del protocolo MXIT en Pidgin. Datos MXIT especialmente manipulados enviados a través del servidor podrían resultar potencialmente en una lectura fuera de límites. Un usuario, servidor o atacante man-in-the-middle malicioso puede enviar un tamaño inválido para una transferencia de archivos que desencadenará una vulnerabilidad de lectura fuera de límites. Esto podría resultar en una denegación de servicio o copia de datos desde la memoria al archivo, resultando en una fuga de información si el archivo es enviado a otro usuario.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-02-12 CVE Reserved
2016-07-12 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335	Third Party Advisory
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0140	Technical Description

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105	2017-03-30

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620	2017-03-30
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1	2017-03-30
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38	2017-03-30

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin"		Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin"				<= 2.10.12 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version " <= 2.10.12"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				15.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "15.10"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected