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CVE-2010-2387
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…
- 1.9LowCVSS base score
- 0.52%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 55% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By oracle
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.52% · top 55% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=571846 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ASB-2010.0184 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_AUSCERTx_transferred
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2010_2387_password_disclosure (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 40690 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.20/gdm-2.20.11.changes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- solaris-gdm-information-disclosure(60642) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 40780 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 66643 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-2397 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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