{"cve":"CVE-2017-5668","nvd":{"published":"2017-03-14T14:59:00.417","modified":"2026-06-17T01:21:00.410","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/11","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95932","https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1282","https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/30d598ce7cd3f136ee9d7097f39fa9818a272441"],"products":["bitlbee:bitlbee","bitlbee:bitlbee-libpurple"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:41:54.846948762+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-5668","score":0.02983,"percentile":0.87297,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}