CVE-2016-6866 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Fedoraproject	Fedora
Suckless	Slock

Configuration 1 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

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

No data.

References

Link	Providers
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/2FYPV6QQPPYBL3Z2BYNYEJB67FSC55OR/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RZPEJQNVODYSI4WQXM5GQKXRO7TPK2VG/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-15T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:43:38.418Z

Reserved: 2016-08-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6866

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-15T19:59:00.407

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-6866

Redhat

No data.

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