CVE-2016-2378

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201701-38

Severity Score

8.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol Pidgin. Specially crafted data sent via the server could potentially result in a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in memory corruption. A malicious server or an unfiltered malicious user can send negative length values to trigger this vulnerability.

Existe una vulnerabilidad de desbordamiento de búfer en el manejo del protocolo MXIT en Pidgin. Datos especialmente manipulados enviados a través del servidor podrían resultar potencialmente en un desbordamiento de búfer, potencialmente resultando en corrupción de memoria. Un servidor malicioso o un usuario malicioso no filtrado pueden enviar valores de longitud negativa para desencadenar esta vulnerabilidad.

Yves Younan of Cisco Talos discovered several vulnerabilities in the MXit protocol support in pidgin, a multi-protocol instant messaging client. A remote attacker can take advantage of these flaws to cause a denial of service (application crash), overwrite files, information disclosure, or potentially to execute arbitrary code.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

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
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335	Third Party Advisory
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0120	Technical Description

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=94	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