9.8

CVE-2017-5668

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.

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
BitlbeeBitlbee Version <= 3.4.2
BitlbeeBitlbee-libpurple Version <= 3.5
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 2.61% 0.843
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 9.8 3.9 5.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd@nist.gov 7.5 10 6.4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.