CVE-2016-2368: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 4.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could result in multiple buffer overflows, potentially resulting in code execution or memory disclosure.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 15.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Pidgin Pidgin: up to and including 2.10.12

Published 2017-01-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.