{"id":"CVE-2016-2378","details":"A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol Pidgin. Specially crafted data sent via the server could potentially result in a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in memory corruption. A malicious server or an unfiltered malicious user can send negative length values to trigger this vulnerability.","modified":"2026-03-12T22:16:33.473272Z","published":"2017-01-06T21:59:01.057Z","related":["MGASA-2016-0236"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0120/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=94"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2378.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2.10.12"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"12.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"14.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"15.10"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8.0"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}