CVE-2010-2387
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.52%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.52% probability · 44th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Affected
- gnome/gnome display manager
- Source
- secalert_us@oracle.com
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.20/gdm-2.20.11.changes
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40690Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40780Vendor Advisory
- http://www.auscert.org.au/13123US 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
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.20/gdm-2.20.11.changes
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40690Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40780Vendor Advisory
- http://www.auscert.org.au/13123US 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.