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.

EPSS: 0.007 (50.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Pidgin — versions 2.10.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, 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.