CVE-2012-1257

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.7%

Medium (5.5) in pidgin pidgin. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Severity

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 54% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-319
Published: 2019-11-20
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19