CVE-2015-8316

medium

Description

Array index error in LightDM (aka Light Display Manager) 1.14.3, 1.16.x before 1.16.6 when the XDMCP server is enabled allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an XDMCP request packet with no address.

References

Advisories
More

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284574

https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1516831

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/22/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-09-06

Updated: 2026-05-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

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