CVE-2016-10189 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in BitlBee versions prior to 3.5, affecting both the core BitlBee application and its libpurple integration. A remote attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and crash, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution, by sending a file transfer request to a contact not present in the user's contact list. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitlbee:bitlbee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitlbee:bitlbee-libpurple:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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