CVE-2014-0979

The start_authentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the…

published January 23, 2014

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
34.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The start_authentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdm_greeter_get_authentication_user function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty username.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00410 · 34.1th percentile
Published
2014-01-23T01:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 23 JAN 01:00Z
    The start_authentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the…
    cvelistv5