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CVE-2015-0856

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Published: Nov 24, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

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4.6
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.4
Source: NVD

Description

daemon/Greeter.cpp in sddm before 0.13.0 does not properly disable the KDE crash handler, which allows local users to gain privileges by crashing a greeter when using certain themes, as demonstrated by the plasma-workspace breeze theme.

Affected (2)

Fedoraproject
1 product
Fedora
Sddm Project
1 product
Sddm
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Fedora
Version 22
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Sddm
Up to 0.12.0

Related CWEs

CWE-264
CWE-264

References (10)

Source: security@debian.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: security@debian.org
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: security@debian.org
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: security@debian.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: security@debian.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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