CVE-2012-2093
LOW · CVSS 3.3EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
src/common/latex.py in Gajim 0.15 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary latex file, related to the get_tmpfile_name function.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2099)
- Published
- May 18, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2099 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gajim / gajim
References
- http://hg.gajim.org/gajim/rev/f046e4aaf7d4
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079169.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079237.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079241.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48695(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48794
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-04.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/10/15
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/10/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53017
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74869
- https://trac.gajim.org/changeset/13759/src/common/latex.py
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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