Security Advisory

CVE-2016-4323

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2017-01-06 21:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 00:25:14
Assigner certcc
State PUBLISHED

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.