CVE-2016-2377 | Pidgin MXIT Protocol Content-Length memory corruption (USN-3031-1 / Nessus ID 91922)
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Pidgin. Affected is an unknown function of the component MXIT Protocol Handler. The manipulation of the argument Content-Length with the input -1 as part of HTTP Response leads to memory corruption.
This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-2377. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.