CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-4922

2.1 LOW Published 2012-08-08 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-08-08
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

cipher.c in the Cipher API in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.10 retains encryption-key data in process memory, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a core file or other representation of memory contents.

Affected configurations

• pidgin pidgin (<= 2.7.9) • pidgin pidgin 2.0.0 • pidgin pidgin 2.0.1 • pidgin pidgin 2.0.2 • pidgin pidgin 2.1.0 • pidgin pidgin 2.1.1 • pidgin pidgin 2.2.0 • pidgin pidgin 2.2.1 • pidgin pidgin 2.2.2 • pidgin pidgin 2.3.0 • pidgin pidgin 2.3.1 • pidgin pidgin 2.4.0 • pidgin pidgin 2.4.1 • pidgin pidgin 2.4.2 • pidgin pidgin 2.4.3 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.0 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.1 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.2 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.3 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.4 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.5 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.6 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.7 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.8 • pidgin pidgin 2.5.9 • pidgin pidgin 2.6.0 • pidgin pidgin 2.6.1 • pidgin pidgin 2.6.2 • pidgin pidgin 2.6.4 • pidgin pidgin 2.6.5 • pidgin pidgin 2.6.6 • pidgin pidgin 2.7.0 • pidgin pidgin 2.7.1 • pidgin pidgin 2.7.2 • pidgin pidgin 2.7.3 • pidgin pidgin 2.7.4 • pidgin pidgin 2.7.5 • pidgin pidgin 2.7.6 • pidgin pidgin 2.7.7 • pidgin pidgin 2.7.8 • pidgin pidgin 2.10.0 • pidgin pidgin 2.10.1 • pidgin pidgin 2.10.2 • pidgin pidgin 2.10.3 • pidgin pidgin 2.10.4

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References