🛡️ CVE-2022-1252
🟠 CVSS 8.2 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-327 NVD
8.2
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in GitHub repository gnuboard/gnuboard5 prior to and including 5.5.5. A vulnerability in gnuboard v5.5.5 and below uses weak encryption algorithms leading to sensitive information exposure. This allows an attacker to derive the email address of any user, including when the 'Let others see my information.' box is ticked off. Or to send emails to any email address, with full control of its contents

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.2
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-327
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-04-11
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2026-02-24
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
gnuboard 5.5.5

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