CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-4323

3.7 LOW Published 2017-01-06 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-01-06
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
3.7 LOW — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-22

Description

A directory traversal exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in an overwrite of files. A malicious server or someone with access to the network traffic can provide an invalid filename for a splash image triggering the vulnerability.

Affected configurations

• pidgin pidgin (<= 2.10.12) • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.10 • debian debian linux 8.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References