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CVE-2013-7252
kwalletd in KWallet before KDE Applications 14.12.0 uses Blowfish with ECB mode instead of CBC mode when encrypting the password store,…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.1%
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://gaganpreet.in/blog/2013/07/24/kwallet-security-analysis/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 67716 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20150109-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048168 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140102 kwallet crypto misuse (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201606-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150109 Re: CVE Request: kwallet: incorrect CBC encryption handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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