CVE catalog
CVE-2016-2372
pidgin: CVE-2016-2372
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.76% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pidgin | sid | 2.14.14-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pidgin | forky | 2.14.14-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pidgin | trixie | 2.14.14-1 | fixed |
| Debian | pidgin | bookworm | 2.14.12-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.11-0ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.11-0ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pidgin | source | sid | 2.11.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pidgin | source | forky | 2.11.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pidgin | source | trixie | 2.11.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pidgin | source | bookworm | 2.11.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | deb | 14.04 | 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2372 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | deb | 16.04 | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2372 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [finch]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.12-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
2.14.12-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
- [finch-dev]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.12-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
2.14.12-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
- [libpurple0]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.12-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
2.14.12-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
- [libpurple-bin]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.12-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
2.14.12-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
- [libpurple-dev]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.12-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
2.14.12-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
- [pidgin]Fixed
Details (2)
2.14.12-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
2.14.12-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
- [pidgin-data]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.12-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
2.14.12-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
- [pidgin-dev]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.12-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
2.14.12-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · bookworm; dsa · pidgin · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [finch]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.14-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
2.14.14-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
- [finch-dev]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.14-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
2.14.14-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
- [libpurple0t64]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.14-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
2.14.14-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
- [libpurple-bin]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.14-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
2.14.14-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
- [libpurple-dev]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.14-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
2.14.14-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
- [pidgin]Fixed
Details (2)
2.14.14-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
2.14.14-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
- [pidgin-data]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.14-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
2.14.14-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
- [pidgin-dev]Fixed
Source package: [pidgin]
Details (2)
2.14.14-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
2.14.14-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.11.0-1dsa · pidgin · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2016_2416-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2372]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2372]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2372]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-2372.json]
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