What is CVE-2016-10351?

CVE-2016-10351 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Telegram Desktop, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-10351?

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

Information disclosure in Telegram Desktop

CVE-2016-10351

Telegram Desktop 0.10.19 uses 0755 permissions for $HOME/.TelegramDesktop, which allows local users to obtain sensitive authentication information via standard filesystem operations.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-05-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Telegram Desktop — versions 0.10.19

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/issues/2666 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/pull/3842/commits/388703b9ca1912a5438e37f9d…

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10351?: CVE-2016-10351 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Telegram Desktop, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-10351?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.