CVE-2016-6866
HIGHslock < 1.3 - Denial of Service via Invalid Password Hash NULL Pointer Dereference
Title source: llmDescription
slock allows attackers to bypass the screen lock via vectors involving an invalid password hash, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference and crash.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/24
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://s1m0n.dft-labs.eu/files/slock/slock.txt
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RZPEJQNVODYSI4WQXM5GQKXRO7TPK2VG/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/22
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://git.suckless.org/slock/commit/?id=d8bec0f6fdc8a246d78cb488a0068954b46fcb29
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2FYPV6QQPPYBL3Z2BYNYEJB67FSC55OR/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92546
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0289
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (3)
fedoraproject/fedora
24
fedoraproject/fedora
25
suckless/slock
< 1.3
Published
Feb 15, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026