CVE-2013-4509
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
The default configuration of IBUS 1.5.4, and possibly 1.5.2 and earlier, when IBus.InputPurpose.PASSWORD is not set and used with GNOME 3, does not obscure the entered password characters, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain a user password by reading the lockscreen.
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
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-4370)
- Published
- November 23, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4370 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibus project / ibus
- ibus project / ibus
- opensuse / opensuse
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00045.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1027028
- https://code.google.com/p/mozc/issues/attachmentText?id=199&aid=1990002000&name=ibus-mozc_support_ibus-1.5.4_rev2.diff&token=P62umpXGXx68XJT6zyvBA727wqE%3A1383693105690(Patch)
- https://github.com/ibus/ibus-anthy/commit/6aae0a9f145f536515e268dd6b25aa740a5edfe7(Patch)
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ibus-user/mvCHDO1BJUw
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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