Pidgin MXit Message Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Windows)

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  3. Pidgin MXit Message Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Windows)
Summary
This host has installed with Pidgin and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow attacker to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted RX message which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the application or to denial-of-service. Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.10.5 or later, For updates refer to http://pidgin.im/download
Insight
A boundary error within the 'mxit_show_message()' function, when parsing incoming instant messages containing inline images.
Affected
Pidgin version prior to 2.10.5 on Windows
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
High Severity
Classification
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