debian · CVE-2016-2851

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:59:28 GMT

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CVE-2016-2851 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libotr), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

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.

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