Gdm
Vendor:
First CVE: Dec 5, 1999 · Active for 26 years
15
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 92% of tracked products
2.1
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 73% of tracked products
4.5
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 5% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Gdm over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Dec 5, 1999
26 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jun 14, 2011
5,521 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Gdm15 CVEs
47%
40%
13%
All CVEs352,719 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
LowMediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network0 (0.0%)
Unknown15 (100.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown15 (100.0%)
User Interaction
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown15 (100.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown15 (100.0%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (15 CVEs).
15 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2000-0491HIGH Buffer overflow in the XDMCP parsing code of GNOME gdm, KDE kdm, and wdm allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service via a long FORWARD_QUERY | May 24, 2000 | 10.0 | 44 | NO | YES |
CVE-2011-0727MEDIUM GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cach | Mar 31, 2011 | 6.9 | 23 | NO | NO |
CVE-2000-0504MEDIUM libICE in XFree86 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by specifying a large value which is not properly checked by the SKIP_STRING macro. | Jun 19, 2000 | 5.0 | 23 | NO | YES |
CVE-2011-1709HIGH GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a web browser with the uid of the gdm account, which allows local users to gain privileges v | Jun 14, 2011 | 7.2 | 21 | NO | NO |
CVE-2009-2697MEDIUM The Red Hat build script for the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.16.0-56 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 omits TCP Wrapper support, which might allow remote attackers to | Sep 4, 2009 | 6.8 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2003-0549MEDIUM The X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP) support for GDM before 2.4.1.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a short authorization key name. | Aug 27, 2003 | 5.0 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2003-0548MEDIUM The X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP) support for GDM before 2.4.1.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) when a chosen host expires, a different i | Aug 27, 2003 | 5.0 | 15 | NO | NO |
CVE-2006-6105MEDIUM Format string vulnerability in the host chooser window (gdmchooser) in GNOME Foundation Display Manager (gdm) allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifi | Dec 15, 2006 | 4.3 | 14 | NO | NO |
GDM 2.4.4.x before 2.4.4.4, and 2.4.1.x before 2.4.1.7, does not restrict the size of input, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption). | Nov 17, 2003 | 2.1 | 14 | NO | NO |
GNOME GDM 2.8, 2.12, 2.14, and 2.15, when the "face browser" feature is enabled, allows local users to access the "Configure Login Manager" functionality using their own password i | Jun 9, 2006 | 3.7 | 13 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (15 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
2 CVEs
13.3% of CVEs· 89th percentile
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (15 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (15 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Gdm
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 5 | 5.2 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 4 | 5.6 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 4 | 5.6 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4.4 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4.1.6 | 5 | 3.3 | 0.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4.1.5 | 5 | 3.3 | 0.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4.1.4 | 5 | 3.3 | 0.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4.1.3 | 5 | 3.3 | 0.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4.1.2 | 5 | 3.3 | 0.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4.1.1 | 5 | 3.3 | 0.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4.1 | 5 | 3.3 | 0.8% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 4 | 5.6 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.32.1 | 1 | 7.2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.32 | 2 | 7.0 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.31 | 2 | 7.0 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.30 | 2 | 7.0 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 4 | 5.6 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.29 | 2 | 7.0 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.28 | 2 | 7.0 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.27 | 2 | 7.0 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |