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CVE-2015-8025
driver/subprocs.c in XScreenSaver before 5.34 does not properly perform an internal consistency check, which allows physically proximate…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.51%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 56% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
driver/subprocs.c in XScreenSaver before 5.34 does not properly perform an internal consistency check, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by hot swapping monitors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 12 days later
· 12 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.51% · top 56% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- https://www.jwz.org/blog/2015/10/xscreensaver-5-34/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1034052 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:2032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3438 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151024 CVE request: xscreensaver aborts when unpluging second monitor cable when asking password (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151025 Re: CVE request: xscreensaver aborts when unpluging second monitor cable when asking password (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151029 Re: CVE request: xscreensaver aborts when unpluging second monitor cable when asking password (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://twitter.com/Thaolia/status/656823859304398848 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-2789-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-7920 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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