CVE-2015-8025 (GCVE-0-2015-8025)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-10 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:06
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-10-24 00:00
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