CVE catalog
CVE-2016-2374
pidgin: CVE-2016-2374
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.6
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.22% · Oct 25, 2026
An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT MultiMX message sent via the server can result in an out-of-bounds write leading to memory disclosure and code execution.
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-2016-2374 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | deb | 16.04 | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2374 | 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://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2374]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2374]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2374]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-2374.json]
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