{"action":"Upgrade pidgin to 2.11.0-1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"2.11.0-1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"pidgin","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:13","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["2.11.0-1"],"id":"tcs_01M5NBH5MDWS2009YED7XT0596","modified_at":"2026-09-22T07:01:29.920594630Z","published_at":"2017-01-06T21:59:00.773Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2371","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2371"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":8.1},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2371#Debian:13/pidgin","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2371"}],"summary":"An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could cause memory corruption resulting in code execution."}