Lightdm Project maintains a display manager for Linux desktop systems, and its modest vulnerability footprint clusters around its core Lightdm product with a focus on path-traversal, privilege-management, and input-validation weaknesses. Treat this as a compact vendor profile; live severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Lightdm Project over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (4 CVEs).
4 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2017-7358HIGH In LightDM through 1.22.0, a directory traversal issue in debian/guest-account.sh allows local attackers to own arbitrary directory path locations and escalate privileges to root w | Apr 5, 2017 | 7.3 | 36 | NO | YES |
CVE-2011-3349HIGH lightdm before 0.9.6 writes in .dmrc and Xauthority files using root permissions while the files are in user controlled folders. A local user can overwrite root-owned files via a s | Nov 19, 2019 | 7.8 | 24 | NO | NO |
CVE-2017-8900MEDIUM LightDM through 1.22.0, when systemd is used in Ubuntu 16.10 and 17.x, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended AppArmor restrictions and visit the home directories | May 12, 2017 | 4.6 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2015-8316MEDIUM Array index error in LightDM (aka Light Display Manager) 1.14.3, 1.16.x before 1.16.6 when the XDMCP server is enabled allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process | Sep 6, 2017 | 5.9 | 17 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (4 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Lightdm Project.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Lightdm Project — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.