VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-2387

CVSS score1.9 LOW
EPSS probability0.52%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-12-21
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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