description: A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in arbitrary code execution. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send an invalid size for a packet which will trigger a buffer overflow.
problem types: buffer overflow
affected:
{
product: Pidgin
vendor: Pidgin
versions:
status: affected, version: 2.10.11
}