CVE-2017-5668

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5668
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5668.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5668
Downstream
Published
2017-03-14T14:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T09:03:47.004477Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed

Affected versions

0.*

0.99

1.*

1.0
1.1.1
1.2
1.2-1
1.2-2
1.2-3
1.2-4
1.2-5
1.2.1
1.2.1-1
1.2.1-1.1
1.2.1-2
1.2.1-3
1.2.2
1.2.2-1
1.2.3
1.2.3-1
1.2.3-2
1.2.4
1.2.4-1
1.2.4-2
1.2.5
1.2.5-1
1.2.6
1.2.6a
1.2.6a-1
1.2.7
1.2.8
1.2.8-1
1.3dev

3.*

3.0
3.0.1
3.0.2
3.0.3
3.0.4
3.0.4-1
3.0.5
3.0.5-1
3.0.6
3.0.6-1
3.2
3.2-1
3.2.1
3.2.1+otr4-1
3.2.1-1
3.2.2
3.2.2-1
3.4
3.4.1
3.4.2
3.5
3.5-2

Database specific

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    "vanir_signatures": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2017-5668-136ab83a",
            "digest": {
                "line_hashes": [
                    "129746416437449350037320385203030176865",
                    "54330094966721710425087619277153961551",
                    "304472804705248427345056028139318669522",
                    "339748322777452188179812311987678535759"
                ],
                "threshold": 0.9
            },
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "deprecated": false,
            "target": {
                "file": "protocols/purple/ft.c"
            },
            "signature_type": "Line",
            "source": "https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/30d598ce7cd3f136ee9d7097f39fa9818a272441"
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2017-5668-d1255de3",
            "digest": {
                "length": 594.0,
                "function_hash": "171639359075992639380024064189635207014"
            },
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "deprecated": false,
            "target": {
                "file": "protocols/purple/ft.c",
                "function": "prplcb_xfer_new_send_cb"
            },
            "signature_type": "Function",
            "source": "https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/30d598ce7cd3f136ee9d7097f39fa9818a272441"
        }
    ]
}