CVE-2012-2085

medium

Published 2012-08-28 · 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

6.8

Description

The exec_command function in common/helpers.py in Gajim before 0.15 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an href attribute.

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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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`0.15-1`
sid	Fixed	`0.15-1`
forky	Fixed	`0.15-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`0.15-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`0.15-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
gajim	gajim	`{"endIncluding":"0.14.4"}`
gajim	gajim	`0.1`
gajim	gajim	`0.10`
gajim	gajim	`0.10.1`
gajim	gajim	`0.11`
gajim	gajim	`0.11.1`
gajim	gajim	`0.11.2`
gajim	gajim	`0.11.3`
gajim	gajim	`0.11.4`
gajim	gajim	`0.12`
gajim	gajim	`0.12.1`
gajim	gajim	`0.12.2`
gajim	gajim	`0.12.3`
gajim	gajim	`0.12.4`
gajim	gajim	`0.12.5`
gajim	gajim	`0.13`
gajim	gajim	`0.13.1`
gajim	gajim	`0.13.2`
gajim	gajim	`0.13.3`
gajim	gajim	`0.13.4`
gajim	gajim	`0.14`
gajim	gajim	`0.14.1`
gajim	gajim	`0.14.2`
gajim	gajim	`0.14.3`

References

CWEs

CWE-94

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

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