CVE-2009-3100

Published Sep 8, 2009

Last updated 13 years ago

Overview

Description
xscreensaver (aka Gnome-XScreenSaver) in Sun Solaris 9 and 10, OpenSolaris snv_109 through snv_122, and X11 6.4.1 on Solaris 8 does not properly handle Accessibility support, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by locking the screen and then attempting to launch an Accessibility pop-up window, related to a regression in certain Solaris and OpenSolaris patches.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
1.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
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Configurations