CVE-2012-2742

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-06-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

Revelation 0.4.13-2 and earlier uses only the first 32 characters of a password followed by a sequence of zeros, which reduces the entropy and makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to crack passwords and obtain access to keys via a brute-force attack.

Affected products

Mikel Olasagasti Revelation: through 0.4.13-2; 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.2.0, 0.2.1, 0.3.0 (+17)

References

http://knoxin.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/revelation-password-manager-considered.html
http://oss.codepoet.no/revelation/issue/61/file-format-magic-string-version-mismatch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/18/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/18/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54060
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=421571
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76407
http://knoxin.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/revelation-password-manager-considered.html
http://oss.codepoet.no/revelation/issue/61/file-format-magic-string-version-mismatch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/18/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/18/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54060

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