CVE-2016-4323 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting Pidgin, specifically in its handling of the MXIT protocol, and impacts various distributions of Debian and Ubuntu Linux. A malicious server or network attacker could send specially crafted MXIT data with an invalid filename for a splash image, potentially leading to file overwrites. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.7 (LOW) due to its high attack complexity and limited impact (partial integrity loss), with no confidentiality or availability impact. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| 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:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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