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CVE-2016-2375
An exploitable out-of-bounds read exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT contact information sent…
Medium5.3EPSS 2.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- certcc
Description
An exploitable out-of-bounds read exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT contact information sent from the server can result in memory disclosure.
Timeline
ID reserved
By certcc
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
- out-of-bounds read
- CWE-125 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-125 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (6)
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0143/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 91335 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3620 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=108 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-38 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-3031-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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