FKIE_CVE-2012-1257

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-11-20 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:39
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Pidgin 2.10.0 uses DBUS for certain cleartext communication, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a dbus session monitor.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14830Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2011-December/010521.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14830Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2011-December/010521.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pidgin pidgin 2.10.0
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:39:20.000",
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