| Name | CVE-2025-55014 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1110370 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| stardict (PTS) | bookworm | 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-4 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-6 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-8 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| stardict | source | (unstable) | 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-8 | | | 1110370 |
Notes
[trixie] - stardict <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - stardict <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/04/1
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2025/08/msg00076.html
3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-8 uploaded to unstable removes the stardict_youdaodict.so
plugin from stardict-plugin package, consider this version as the fixed version.