CVE-2016-2369

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9
Description
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a denial of service vulnerability. A malicious server can send a packet starting with a NULL byte triggering the vulnerability.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-2369
  • Assigner
  • cret@cert.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-06T21:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-03-30T01:59:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.10.12
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.9
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0137/ Technical Description Third Party Advisory
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=102 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2369
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2369
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:46:17 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:41:47 cert@cert.org cret@cert.org CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-02 12:41:47 2017-01-06T21:59Z 2017-01-06T21:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:41:47 2017-03-30T01:59:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:41:47 Modified Vulnerability Status updated