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CVE-2005-0078

Published: May 02, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0078
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Debian_linuxDebian3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
KdeKde1.0 (including)1.0 (including)
KdeKde1.1 (including)1.1 (including)
KdeKde1.1.1 (including)1.1.1 (including)
KdeKde1.1.2 (including)1.1.2 (including)
KdeKde2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
KdeKde2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
KdeKde2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
KdeKde2.1_beta1 (including)2.1_beta1 (including)
KdeKde2.1_beta2 (including)2.1_beta2 (including)
KdeKde2.2 (including)2.2 (including)
KdeKde2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
KdeKde2.2_beta1 (including)2.2_beta1 (including)
KdeKde3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
KdeKde3.0.1 (including)3.0.1 (including)
KdeKde3.0.2 (including)3.0.2 (including)
KdeKde3.0.3 (including)3.0.3 (including)
KdeKde3.0.4 (including)3.0.4 (including)
KdeKde3.0_beta_1 (including)3.0_beta_1 (including)
KdeKde3.0_beta_2 (including)3.0_beta_2 (including)
Enterprise_linuxRedhat2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
Enterprise_linuxRedhat3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_desktopRedhat3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
Linux_advanced_workstationRedhat2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatkdebase-6:3.1.3-5.8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatkdelibs-6:3.1.3-6.9*

References

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