CVE-2009-3100
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.
Published:Sep 8, 2009
Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
EPS:Sep 8, 2009
EPSS Score:0.00034
CVSS Score:4
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Sun
Product
Opensolaris
Sun
Opensolaris
Vendor
Sun
Product
Solaris
Sun
Solaris
Vendor
X.org
Product
X11
X.org
X11
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
