VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-2085

medium
Published 2012-08-28 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

The exec_command function in common/helpers.py in Gajim before 0.15 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an href attribute.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2085

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://trac.gajim.org/changeset/bc296e96ac10

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0.15-1
debian debianbullseyefixed0.15-1
debian debianforkyfixed0.15-1
debian debiansidfixed0.15-1
debian debiantrixiefixed0.15-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
gajimgajim{"endIncluding":"0.14.4"}
gajimgajim0.1
gajimgajim0.10
gajimgajim0.10.1
gajimgajim0.11
gajimgajim0.11.1
gajimgajim0.11.2
gajimgajim0.11.3
gajimgajim0.11.4
gajimgajim0.12
gajimgajim0.12.1
gajimgajim0.12.2
gajimgajim0.12.3
gajimgajim0.12.4
gajimgajim0.12.5
gajimgajim0.13
gajimgajim0.13.1
gajimgajim0.13.2
gajimgajim0.13.3
gajimgajim0.13.4
gajimgajim0.14
gajimgajim0.14.1
gajimgajim0.14.2
gajimgajim0.14.3

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.