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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 20, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-1257

CVE-2012-1257

Description

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

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Affected products

3

Pidgin (software)/Pidgin2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =2.10.0
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Patches

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References

2

developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14830nvdVendor Advisory
pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2011-December/010521.htmlnvdVendor Advisory

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