CVE-2016-4323

Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-01-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: 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 products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 15.10
Debian Linux: 8.0
Pidgin: through 2.10.12

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=97
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0128/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=97
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0128/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38

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