Bug 1348856 (CVE-2016-2380) - CVE-2016-2380 pidgin: MXIT mxit_convert_markup_tx Information Leak Vulnerability
Summary: CVE-2016-2380 pidgin: MXIT mxit_convert_markup_tx Information Leak Vulnerability
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2016-2380
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1350338 1403136
Blocks: 1348890
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-06-22 08:34 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2021-02-17 03:40 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: pidgin 2.11.0
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 02:55:23 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-06-22 08:34:32 UTC 
An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent to the server could potentially result in an out of bounds read. A user could be convinced to enter a particular string which would then get converted incorrectly and could lead to a potential out-of-bounds read.

External references:

http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0123/
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=96

Upstream fix:

https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/8172584fd640
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