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CVE-2017-5668
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-14T14:59:00.417 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:21:00.410

Summary

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 products

bitlbee — bitlbee

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References

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