CVE-2016-2378
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2378
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2378.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2378
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-01-06T21:59:01.057Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-12T22:16:33.473272Z
- Severity
-
- 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
unresolved_ranges
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"last_affected": "2.10.12"
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"last_affected": "12.04"
}
]
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"last_affected": "14.04"
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},
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}
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2378.json"