{"id":"CVE-2011-2187","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-2187","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:04:08.699Z","title":"xscreensaver before 5.14 crashes during activation and leaves the screen unlocked when in Blank Only Mode and when DPMS is disabled, which allows local attackers to access resources without authentication.","description":"xscreensaver before 5.14 crashes during activation and leaves the screen unlocked when in Blank Only Mode and when DPMS is disabled, which allows local attackers to access resources without authentication.","published":"2019-11-27T18:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:30:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-306"],"affected":["xscreensaver project/xscreensaver","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.00482,"percentile":0.41305,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2187","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=627382","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2187","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2187","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/17","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2187","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=627382","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2187","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2187","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/17","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2187","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}