CVE-2017-5668 (GCVE-0-2017-5668)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-14 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:11
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Summary
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.
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2016-11-13 00:00
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