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CVE-2016-2851

Published: 9 March 2016

Integer overflow in proto.c in libotr before 4.1.1 on 64-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a series of large OTR messages, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 9.8

Status

Package Release Status
libotr
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (4.1.1)
precise
Released (3.2.0-4ubuntu0.3)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was released [4.0.0-2.2ubuntu1.1])
wily
Released (4.1.0-2ubuntu0.1)