CVE-2008-6514

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-03-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Expo plugin in Compiz Fusion 0.7.8 allows local users with physical access to drag the screen saver aside and access the locked desktop by using Expo mouse shortcuts, a related issue to CVE-2007-3920.

Affected products

Compiz Fusion: 0.7.8

References

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=561567
http://gitweb.compiz-fusion.org/?p=fusion/plugins/expo%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f97a9fa6f0ad578f674d1f248bd7bef90e3260e0
http://secunia.com/advisories/33077
http://secunia.com/advisories/34465
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32712
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz-fusion-plugins-main/+bug/247088
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47172
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00860.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00878.html
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=561567
http://gitweb.compiz-fusion.org/?p=fusion/plugins/expo%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f97a9fa6f0ad578f674d1f248bd7bef90e3260e0
http://secunia.com/advisories/33077

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