VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-2365
CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-01-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a null pointer dereference. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability and cause a crash.
Weakness classification
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
Primary references
- cret@cert.org — Third Party Advisory
- cret@cert.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cret@cert.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cret@cert.org — Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- cret@cert.org — Third Party Advisory
- cret@cert.org
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108