| Name | CVE-2016-2375 |
| Description | An exploitable out-of-bounds read exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT contact information sent from the server can result in memory disclosure. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-542-1, DSA-3620-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pidgin (PTS) | bullseye | 2.14.1-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.14.12-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.14.14-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0143/
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=108
https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/b786e9814536