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cnvdChina National Vulnerability DatabaseCNVD-2021-53907
HistoryJun 12, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

XScreenSaver buffer overflow vulnerability

2021-06-1200:00:00
China National Vulnerability Database
www.cnvd.org.cn
6

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

44.0%

XScreenSaver is an open source screensaver written in C. XScreenSaver suffers from a buffer error vulnerability that stems from update_screen_layout() causing a buffer overflow when the application has more than 10 disconnectable video outputs. An attacker could bypass the authentication mechanism through this vulnerability.

CPENameOperatorVersion
xscreensaver xscreensavereq5.45