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CVE-2009-2260

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2260 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in StarDict 3.0.1. When the "Enable Net Dict" feature is active, the application transmits the user's clipboard contents to a dictionary server, allowing remote attackers to intercept sensitive data via network sniffing. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and no authentication required, but only impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:stardict:stardict:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0209 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-2260Low

stardict: network queries may expose sensitive information

Jun 26, 2009

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2025/08/04/1
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00121.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/504583