Information disclosure in Pidgin
CVE-2011-4922
cipher.c in the Cipher API in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.10 retains encryption-key data in process memory, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a core file or other representation of memory contents.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (21.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Pidgin — versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/04/13 (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18223 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.pidgin.im/news/security/ (Vendor Advisory)
- hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/8c850977cb42 (Exploit, Patch)