CVE-2017-5668
Published Mar 14, 2017
Last updated 8 years ago
Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 9.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- CRITICAL
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-476
Configurations
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{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:bitlbee:bitlbee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "79E1B13E-6F21-43C5-AE1B-19F9F698283D",
"versionEndIncluding": "3.4.2"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:bitlbee:bitlbee-libpurple:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "A13DFB9F-3CF0-4DA6-8167-F361B4611C9B",
"versionEndIncluding": "3.5"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]