cve/2016/CVE-2016-2851.md

### [CVE-2016-2851](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2851)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/21
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39550/
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2016-001-libotr/

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon