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CVE-2016-10188

critical

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in bitlbee-libpurple before 3.5 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by causing a file transfer connection to expire.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/11

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4

https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1281

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95935

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3853

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-14

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00949