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CVE-2012-1177

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1177 describes a critical vulnerability in libgdata versions prior to 0.10.2 and 0.11.1, affecting GNOME's libgdata library. This flaw stems from a lack of SSL certificate validation, enabling remote attackers to execute Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks using spoofed certificates to steal usernames and passwords. With a CVSS score of 5.1, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libgdata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 0.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libgdata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0190 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libgdata

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-1177Moderate

libgdata: Absent validation of SSL certificates

Mar 12, 2012

References

git.gnome.org / browse/libgdata/commit
git.gnome.org / browse/libgdata/commit
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/libgdata/+bug/938812
bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.novell.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/50432
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2482
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/8
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1547-1