{"id":"CVE-2016-2374","details":"An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT MultiMX message sent via the server can result in an out-of-bounds write leading to memory disclosure and code execution.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:22:24.848190674Z","published":"2017-01-06T21:59:00.883Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0142/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=107"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2374.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"}]}