An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent to the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A user could be convinced to enter a particular string which would then get converted incorrectly and could lead to a potential out-of-bounds read.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: certcc
Published: 2017-01-06T21:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T23:24:49.260Z
Reserved: 2016-02-12T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-2380
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-01-06T21:59:01.103
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2016-2380
 Redhat
                        Redhat