CVE-2009-3100

Published Sep 8, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 4.0 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
xscreensaver (aka Gnome-XScreenSaver) in Sun Solaris 9 and 10, OpenSolaris snv_109 through snv_122, and X11 6.4.1 on Solaris 8 does not properly handle Accessibility support, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by locking the screen and then attempting to launch an Accessibility pop-up window, related to a regression in certain Solaris and OpenSolaris patches.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3083 xscreensaver (aka Gnome-XScreenSaver) in Sun Solaris 9 and 10, OpenSolaris snv_109 through snv_122, and X11 6.4.1 on Solaris 8 does not properly handle Accessibility support, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by locking the screen and then attempting to launch an Accessibility pop-up window, related to a regression in certain Solaris and OpenSolaris patches.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 2:58 AM
Reserved
Sep 8, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 8, 2009, 6:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:10 PM