What is CVE-2025-55014?

CVE-2025-55014 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Stardict, classified under CWE-402. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2025-55014?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Stardict

CVE-2025-55014

The YouDao plugin for StarDict, as used in stardict 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-6 in Debian trixie and elsewhere, sends an X11 selection to the dict.youdao.com and dict.cn servers via cleartext HTTP.

EPSS: 0.008 (73.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Stardict — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-402

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/04/1
lists.debian.org/debian-user/2025/08/msg00076.html
packages.debian.org/trixie/stardict
packages.debian.org/trixie/stardict-gtk
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
stardict-4.sourceforge.net/index_en.php

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-55014?: CVE-2025-55014 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Stardict, classified under CWE-402. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2025-55014?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.