{"id":"USN-3031-1","summary":"pidgin vulnerabilities","details":"Yves Younan discovered that Pidgin contained multiple issues in the MXit\nprotocol support. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:26:55.754114Z","published":"2016-07-12T16:48:09Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2365","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2366","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2367","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2368","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2369","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2370","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2371","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2372","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2373","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2374","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2375","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2376","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2377","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2378","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2380","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4323"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-2365","CVE-2016-2366","CVE-2016-2367","CVE-2016-2368","CVE-2016-2369","CVE-2016-2370","CVE-2016-2371","CVE-2016-2372","CVE-2016-2373","CVE-2016-2374","CVE-2016-2375","CVE-2016-2376","CVE-2016-2377","CVE-2016-2378","CVE-2016-2380","CVE-2016-4323","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2365","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2366","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2367","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2368","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2369","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2370","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2371","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2372","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2373","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2374","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2375","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2376","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2377","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2378","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2380","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4323"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3031-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2365"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2366"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2367"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2368"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2369"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2370"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2371"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2372"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2373"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2374"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2375"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2376"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2377"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2378"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2380"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4323"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pidgin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pidgin@1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"}]}],"versions":["1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1","1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.2","1:2.10.9-0ubuntu1","1:2.10.9-0ubuntu2","1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3","1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1","1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No 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