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CVE-2016-10189

high

Description

BitlBee before 3.5 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.

References

https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/701ab8129ba9ea64f569daedca9a8603abad740f

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/1282

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95931

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: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03401