CVE-2016-6866

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

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-02-15

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

• Fedora (Fedoraproject)
• Slock (Suckless)

References

• http://git.suckless.org/slock/commit/?id=d8bec0f6fdc8a246d78cb488a0068954b46fcb29
• http://s1m0n.dft-labs.eu/files/slock/slock.txt
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/22
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/24
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92546
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2FYPV6QQPPYBL3Z2BYNYEJ…
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RZPEJQNVODYSI4WQXM5GQK…