CVE-2016-2369

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin

published January 6, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
82.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a denial of service vulnerability. A malicious server can send a packet starting with a NULL byte triggering the vulnerability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02233 · 82.5th percentile
Published
2017-01-06T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 JAN 21:00Z
    A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin
    cvelistv5