DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4922

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4922 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM

cipher.c in the Cipher API in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.10 retains encryption-key data in process memory, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a core file or other representation of memory contents.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0

6.900000095367432

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:11	pidgin	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	pidgin	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	pidgin	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	pidgin	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Aug 8, 2012 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4922 advisory

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