CVE-2011-4922

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4922

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2011-4922.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2011-4922

Downstream

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4922

RHSA-2011:0616

Published

2012-08-08T10:26:18Z

Modified

2025-08-09T20:01:27Z

Summary

[none]

Details

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.

References

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=50
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/8c850977cb42
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/04/13
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18223

CVE-2011-4922

Affected packages