CVE-2005-0078 describes a vulnerability in the KDE screen saver, affecting KDE versions prior to 3.0.5, as well as Debian and Red Hat distributions. This flaw allows an attacker with physical access to crash the system and gain access to the desktop session due to improper return value checking. With a CVSS score of 4.6, it is considered a low-severity vulnerability, requiring local access and low attack complexity, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:woody:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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