CVE-2010-2387
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-255
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (45th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2397)
- Published
- December 21, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2397 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnome / gnome display manager
- gnome / gnome display manager
- gnome / gnome display manager
- gnome / gnome display manager
- gnome / gnome display manager
- gnome / gnome display manager
- gnome / gnome display manager
- gnome / gnome display manager
- gnome / gnome display manager
- gnome / gnome display manager
- gnome / gnome display manager
References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.20/gdm-2.20.11.changes
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40690(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40780(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.auscert.org.au/13123(US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/66643
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2010_2387_password_disclosure
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=571846
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60642
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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