CVE-2025-55014
The YouDao plugin for StarDict, as used in stardict 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-6 in Debian trixie and elsewhere, sends an X11 selection to the dict.youdao.com and dict.cn servers via cleartext HTTP.
02 Description
The YouDao plugin for StarDict, as used in stardict 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-6 in Debian trixie and elsewhere, sends an X11 selection to the dict.youdao.com and dict.cn servers via cleartext HTTP.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-08-04 00:00Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-04 21:12Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-08-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-402Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')Class
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 7282dea4a8adf380f37841c6b017280bc5aa25e51f0236d503f76faebb8377f9
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/04/1
- lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2025/08/msg00076.html
- packages.debian.orghttps://packages.debian.org/trixie/stardict
- packages.debian.orghttps://packages.debian.org/trixie/stardict-gtk
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1110370
- stardict-4.sourceforge.nethttps://stardict-4.sourceforge.net/index_en.php
- news.ycombinator.comhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44872313
- lwn.nethttps://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1032732/3334850da49689e1/
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/08/2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- stardict No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- stardict Fixed in 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-8~deb13u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- stardict Fixed in 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- stardict No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- stardict No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- stardict No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- stardict No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- stardict No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- stardict No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- stardict No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.