TI-2016-08264 Aliases CVE-2016-10188 GHSA-5m6p-94pg-48mf

Use-after-free vulnerability in bitlbee-libpurple before 3.5 allows remote servers to…

MEDIUM 47CWE-416Published 2017-03-14 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02943 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:bitlbee:bitlbee::::::::	up to 3.4.2	Vulnerable	Bitlbee

cpe:2.3:a:bitlbee:bitlbee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.4.2 Vulnerable ·Bitlbee

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-10188
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5m6p-94pg-48mf

References

Patch 3

Advisory 1

DSA-3853

TI-2017-03668 bitlbee-libpurple before 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2012-01093 Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2016-08265 BitlBee before 3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2008-03759 Unspecified vulnerability in BitlBee before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to "recreate"… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2008-03808 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in BitlBee before 1.2.3 allow remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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