CVE-2013-4427
pyxtrlock before 0.2 does not properly check the return values of the (1) xcb_grab_pointer and (2) xcb_grab_keyboard XCB library functions, which allows physically proximate attackers to gain access to the keyboard or mouse without unlocking the screen…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
pyxtrlock before 0.2 does not properly check the return values of the (1) xcb_grab_pointer and (2) xcb_grab_keyboard XCB library functions, which allows physically proximate attackers to gain access to the keyboard or mouse without unlocking the screen via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- leon weber/pyxtrlock
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/25/16
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/8
- https://github.com/leonnnn/pyxtrlock/blob/master/CHANGELOG
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/25/16
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/8
- https://github.com/leonnnn/pyxtrlock/blob/master/CHANGELOG
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.