CVE-2016-2380 describes an information leak vulnerability in Pidgin's handling of the MXIT protocol, specifically affecting canonical, debian, and pidgin distributions of Pidgin. A specially crafted MXIT data string, if entered by a user, could lead to an out-of-bounds read. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.1, indicating a network attack vector with high attack complexity and requiring user interaction, potentially leading to a limited information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in the KEV catalog. Community discussion is minimal, with only two mentions, and media coverage is limited to a single article.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.10.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.