CVE-2016-10188

critical
Published 2017-03-14 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10188

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1281

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/11

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.5-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.5-1
debian debiansidfixed3.5-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.5-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
bitlbeebitlbee{"endIncluding":"3.4.2"}

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.