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CVE-2013-7252

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-310

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.

Affected products

• Kde Applications: through 14.11.3

References

• http://gaganpreet.in/blog/2013/07/24/kwallet-security-analysis/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/02/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/09/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67716
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048168
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-19
• https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20150109-1.txt
• http://gaganpreet.in/blog/2013/07/24/kwallet-security-analysis/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/02/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/09/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67716
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048168

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