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CVE-2014-0979 (GCVE-0-2014-0979)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2014-01-23 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:34
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The start_authentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdm_greeter_get_authentication_user function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty username.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
9 references
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Date Public
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CVE-2014-0979 (GCVE-0-2014-0979)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-01-23 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:34
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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