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CVE-2016-6866 Details

Description

slock allows attackers to bypass the screen lock via vectors involving an invalid password hash, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference and crash.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.suckless.org/slock/commit/?id=d8bec0f6fdc8a246d78cb488a0068954b46fcb29 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://s1m0n.dft-labs.eu/files/slock/slock.txt CVEThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2FYPV6QQPPYBL3Z2BYNYEJB67FSC55OR/ CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RZPEJQNVODYSI4WQXM5GQKXRO7TPK2VG/ CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/22 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
suckless slock
<= 1.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:suckless:slock:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
24
25

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6866
NVD Published Date:
Feb 15, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-6866 Details - Not Deferred