Name: CVE-2016-10188: Use After Free
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-10188, CWE-416, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.01199

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade bitlbee	Mar 31, 2017	Mar 14, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Mar 14, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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