Vulnerability in KDE
CVE-2005-0078
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- KDE — versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1
- Debian Linux — versions 3.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 2.1, 3.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 3.0
- Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation — versions 2.1
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19084 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9260 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-660 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-009.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)