Vulnerability in Gnome Display Manager

CVE-2010-2387

vicious-extensions/ve-misc.c in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.20.x before 2.20.11, when GDM debug is enabled, logs the user password when it contains invalid UTF8 encoded characters, which might allow local users to gain privileges by reading the information from syslog logs.

EPSS: 0.005 (41.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-2387?
CVE-2010-2387 is a vulnerability in Gnome Display Manager, classified under CWE-255. Published 2012-12-21.
Is CVE-2010-2387 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.