CVE-2015-8025
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 43.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-11-10 16:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-10-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- fb41847dce347d41f9324a7f23ee76d2e5aeaa4877e205f2a01780d2f288154b
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.jwz.orghttps://www.jwz.org/blog/2015/10/xscreensaver-5-34/
- www.securitytracker.com1034052http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034052
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:2032http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00102.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3438http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3438
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151024 CVE request: xscreensaver aborts when unpluging second monitor cable when asking passwordhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/24/2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151025 Re: CVE request: xscreensaver aborts when unpluging second monitor cable when asking passwordhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/25/1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151029 Re: CVE request: xscreensaver aborts when unpluging second monitor cable when asking passwordhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/29/12
- twitter.comhttps://twitter.com/Thaolia/status/656823859304398848
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2789-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2789-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xscreensaver Fixed in 5.34-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xscreensaver Fixed in 5.34-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xscreensaver Fixed in 5.34-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- xscreensaver Fixed in 5.15-3+deb7u1ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.