CVE-2012-1620

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-07-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

slock 0.9 does not properly handle the XRaiseWindow event when the screen is locked, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by pressing a button, which reveals the desktop and active windows.

Affected products

Suckless Slock: 0.9

References

http://hg.suckless.org/slock/rev/891a4984aba6
http://secunia.com/advisories/48700
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/06/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/06/2
http://www.osvdb.org/81035
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52922
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401645
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=786310
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74666
http://hg.suckless.org/slock/rev/891a4984aba6
http://secunia.com/advisories/48700
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/06/1

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