UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8025

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8025

    Published: 29 Oct 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8025
    Aliases:
    USN-2789-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8025, https://www.jwz.org/blog/2015/10/xscreensaver-5-34/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2789-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8025

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xscreensaver

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+deb7u1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.15-3+deb7u1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    5.15-3ubuntu1

    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
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