CVE-2010-2387

low

Published 2012-12-21 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

1.9

Description

vicious-extensions/ve-misc.c in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.20.x before 2.20.11, when GDM debug is enabled, logs the user password when it contains invalid UTF8 encoded characters, which might allow local users to gain privileges by reading the information from syslog logs.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
gnome	gnome_display_manager	`2.20.0`
gnome	gnome_display_manager	`2.20.1`
gnome	gnome_display_manager	`2.20.2`
gnome	gnome_display_manager	`2.20.3`
gnome	gnome_display_manager	`2.20.4`
gnome	gnome_display_manager	`2.20.5`
gnome	gnome_display_manager	`2.20.6`
gnome	gnome_display_manager	`2.20.7`
gnome	gnome_display_manager	`2.20.8`
gnome	gnome_display_manager	`2.20.9`
gnome	gnome_display_manager	`2.20.10`

References

CWEs

CWE-255

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.