Name: CVE-2016-10189: NULL Pointer Dereference
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-10189, CWE-476, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.03183

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade bitlbee	Mar 31, 2017	Mar 11, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade bitlbee-debuginfoUpgrade bitlbee-debugsourceUpgrade bitlbee-docUpgrade bitlbee-develUpgrade bitlbee	Mar 12, 2017	Mar 11, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Mar 14, 2017

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CVSS Details

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