What is CVE-2012-1257?

CVE-2012-1257 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pidgin, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-20.

How severe is CVE-2012-1257?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Pidgin

CVE-2012-1257

Pidgin 2.10.0 uses DBUS for certain cleartext communication, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a dbus session monitor.

Published 2019-11-20 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pidgin — versions 2.10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2011-December/010521.html (Vendor Advisory)
developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14830 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-1257?: CVE-2012-1257 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pidgin, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-20.
How severe is CVE-2012-1257?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.