Security Advisory
CVE-2016-2376
8.1
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in arbitrary code execution. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send an invalid size for a packet which will trigger a buffer overflow.
Published Date
January 6, 2017
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory