CVE-2009-3100 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in xscreensaver, affecting Sun Solaris 9 and 10, OpenSolaris, and X11 on Solaris 8. A local user can trigger a system hang by locking the screen and then attempting to open an Accessibility pop-up window. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity, as it requires local access and high attack complexity to achieve a denial of service. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
snv_109CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_109:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
snv_109CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_109:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
snv_110CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_110:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
snv_110CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_110:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
snv_111CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_111:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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