CVE-2005-0078

critical

Description

The KDE screen saver in KDE before 3.0.5 does not properly check the return value from a certain function call, which allows attackers with physical access to cause a crash and access the desktop session.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9260

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19084

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-009.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-660

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-05-02

Updated: 2017-10-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical