Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 14, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-10188

Description

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.

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Affected products

Bitlbee/Bitlbee
cpe:2.3:a:bitlbee:bitlbee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=3.4.2
Libpurple/libpurplellm-fuzzy
Range: <3.5

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/11nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1281nvdIssue TrackingPatchVDB Entry
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3853nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95935nvd

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