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CVE-2015-8025

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 2015-11-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04
• Xscreensaver Project Xscreensaver: 5.33

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00102.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3438
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/24/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/25/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/29/12
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034052
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2789-1
• https://twitter.com/Thaolia/status/656823859304398848
• https://www.jwz.org/blog/2015/10/xscreensaver-5-34/
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00102.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3438

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