{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10189","details":"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.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:00Z","published":"2017-03-14T14:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-10189"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10189"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1282"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/30d598ce7cd3f136ee9d7097f39fa9818a272441"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10189"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"bitlbee","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/bitlbee@3.4.2-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.4.1-1","3.4.1-1build1","3.4.2-0ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"bitlbee","binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"bitlbee-common","binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"bitlbee-dev","binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"bitlbee-libpurple","binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"bitlbee-plugin-otr","binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10189.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}