CVE-2016-10189
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
7.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.5-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.5-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.5-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.5-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitlbee | bitlbee | {"endIncluding":"3.4.2"} | |
| bitlbee | bitlbee-libpurple | {"endIncluding":"3.5"} | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3853
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95931
- https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1282
- https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/701ab8129ba9ea64f569daedca9a8603abad740f
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10189
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.