CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.9. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2016-2366
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
2.48%
Original NVD Description
A denial of service vulnerability 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 server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability and cause a crash.