CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-10189

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Mar 14, 2017 | Modified: Nov 04, 2017
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Bitlbee Bitlbee * 3.4.2 (including)
Bitlbee-libpurple Bitlbee * 3.5 (including)
Bitlbee Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Bitlbee Ubuntu precise *
Bitlbee Ubuntu trusty *
Bitlbee Ubuntu upstream *
Bitlbee Ubuntu xenial *
Bitlbee Ubuntu yakkety *

Potential Mitigations

References