CVE-2007-5585 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in xscreensaver 5.03 and earlier, specifically when xscreensaver-gl-extras is not installed and the xscreensaver-gl-helper file is missing. An attacker with physical access can crash the screen locker by attempting to unlock the session, thereby gaining unauthorized access. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating a low severity with no confidentiality or integrity impact, but allowing for a partial availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:5.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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