CVE-2013-7252
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.1%EU EUVD
kwalletd in KWallet before KDE Applications 14.12.0 uses Blowfish with ECB mode instead of CBC mode when encrypting the password store, which makes it easier for attackers to guess passwords via a codebook attack.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 2.1% (82th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-7030)
- Published
- January 18, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-7030 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- kde / kde applications
References
- http://gaganpreet.in/blog/2013/07/24/kwallet-security-analysis/(Exploit)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/02/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/09/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67716(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048168(Issue Tracking)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-19(Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20150109-1.txt(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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