CVE-2017-5668

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=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
2017-03-14T14:59:00.417Z
Modified
2026-05-16T04:00:52.229306339Z
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