cve/2016/CVE-2016-2851.md

CVE-2016-2851

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