Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability in bitlbee-libpurple

CVE-2017-5668 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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