Aggregates CVE and security vulnerability intelligence across all bitlbee-related products, including CVSS, EPSS, publication dates, and vulnerability intelligence data.
Historical issues mainly involve vendor risk memory corruption and vendor risk denial of service and related problems; some flaws may lead to vendor impact memory corruption, affecting vendor surface software deployment scenarios.
| CVE | Summary | Source | Max CVSS | EPSS % | Published | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2012-1187 | Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c | [email protected] | 9.8 | 0.43% | 2019-10-29 | 2024-11-21 |
| 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. | [email protected] | 9.8 | 2.44% | 2017-03-14 | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2016-10189 | 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. | [email protected] | 7.5 | 1.72% | 2017-03-14 | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2016-10188 | 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. | [email protected] | 9.8 | 1.53% | 2017-03-14 | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2008-3969 | Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in BitlBee before 1.2.3 allow remote attackers to "overwrite" and "hijack" existing accounts via unknown vectors related to "inconsistent handling of the USTATUS_IDENTIFIED state." NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3920. | [email protected] | 5.0 | 0.81% | 2008-09-11 | 2026-04-23 |
| CVE-2008-3920 | Unspecified vulnerability in BitlBee before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to "recreate" and "hijack" existing accounts via unspecified vectors. | [email protected] | 7.5 | 1.45% | 2008-09-04 | 2026-04-23 |