CVE-2017-5668

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

bitlbee-libpurple before 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file transfer request for a contact that is not in the contact list. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-10189.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95932
https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1282Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/30d598ce7cd3f136ee9d7097f39fa9818a272441Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95932
https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1282Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/30d598ce7cd3f136ee9d7097f39fa9818a272441Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 14, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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