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stardict — security advisory
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.
- Products
- stardict
- Affected versions
- 3.0.1-9.2ubuntu3, 3.0.1-9.3ubuntu1, 3.0.1-9.3ubuntu2, 3.0.1-9.4, 3.0.7+git20210701.96b96d8+dfsg-1, 3.0.7+git20210701.96b96d8+dfsg-2, 3.0.7+git20211225+dfsg-1, 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-11, 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-4, 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-4build3, 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-4build4, 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-6, 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-6build1, 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-8, 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-9
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-55014
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 02:30 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2025-55014
stardict
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stardict
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stardict
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stardict
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stardict
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stardict
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stardict
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Complete source record
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