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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-10 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:06
VLAI?
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
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