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Bug 1348878 - (CVE-2016-2374) CVE-2016-2374 pidgin: MXIT MultiMX Message Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2016-2374 pidgin: MXIT MultiMX Message Code Execution Vulnerability
Status: NEW
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20160621,repor...
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Depends On: 1350338 1403136
Blocks: 1348890
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Reported: 2016-06-22 05:06 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2018-09-27 07:33 EDT (History)
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Fixed In Version: pidgin 2.11.0
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-06-22 05:06:22 EDT 
An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT MultiMX message sent via the server can result in an out-of-bounds write leading to memory disclosure and code execution.

External references:

http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0142/
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=107

Upstream fixes:

https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/f6c08d962618
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