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CVE-2009-3100

Published: Sep 8, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
4.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 78.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HAu:NC:NI:NA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:HAccess Complexity
High
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

sun
commercial·US
opensolarisOn-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
solarisOn-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
x.org
oss-project·US
x11On-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6839026
bugs.opensolaris.org
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266469-1
sunsolve.sun.com

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