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CVE-2016-10188 (GCVE-0-2016-10188)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-14 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:14
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Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2017-01-29 00:00
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