CVE-2016-2370
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2370
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2370.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2370
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-01-06T21:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:25Z
- Severity
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- 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious server or man-in-the-middle attacker can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability.
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