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Vulnerability · Published Aug 4, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2025-55014

Medium 4.7

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in StarDict from StarDict. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 60.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12stardictno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-55014
Debian:13stardict3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-8~deb13u1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-55014
Debian:14stardict3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-8DEBIAN-CVE-2025-55014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSstardictno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-55014
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSstardictno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-55014
Ubuntu:25.10stardictno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-55014
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSstardictno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-55014
Ubuntu:26.10stardictno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-55014

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
StarDict StarDict 0 – through 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-6

Weakness: CWE-402 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

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