Overview
- Description
- An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious user, server, or man-in-the-middle attacker can send an invalid size for a file transfer which will trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. This could result in a denial of service or copy data from memory to the file, resulting in an information leak if the file is sent to another user.
- Source
- cret@cert.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5.9
- Impact score
- 4.2
- Exploitability score
- 1.6
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.9
- Impact score
- 4.9
- Exploitability score
- 6.8
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-125
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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