Security Advisory
CVE-2016-2370
5.9
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
January 6, 2017
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory