CVE-2005-0078 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2005-0078

The KDE screen saver in KDE before 3.0.5 does not...

Vulnerability Description

The KDE screen saver in KDE before 3.0.5 does not properly check the return value from a certain function call, which allows attackers with physical access to cause a crash and access the desktop session.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

debian linux, kde, enterprise linux, enterprise linux desktop, linux advanced workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0, 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1, 2.1_beta1, 2.1_beta2, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2_beta1, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0_beta_1, 3.0_beta_2

Timeline

Official Publish: January 29th, 2005
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.