CVE-2017-5668
N/A
Published: March 14, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:21 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorBitlbeeBitlbee Libpurple
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 3.5
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/11x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1282x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/30d598ce7cd3f136ee9d7097f39fa9818a272441Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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