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CVE-2011-2187

high

Description

xscreensaver before 5.14 crashes during activation and leaves the screen unlocked when in Blank Only Mode and when DPMS is disabled, which allows local attackers to access resources without authentication.

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/17

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2187

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2187

https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-11-27

Updated: 2020-08-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00091