CVE-2016-4323

Publication date

2017-01-06 21:00:00

Family

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.