Tim Hockin maintains a narrowly scoped vulnerability footprint centered on acpid, a Linux Advanced Configuration and Power Interface daemon widely embedded in systems requiring power-state and thermal management. The recurring exposure in this component reflects its role as a privileged system service that parses hardware events and configuration input. Live severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Tim Hockin over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (3 CVEs).
3 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2009-4235MEDIUM acpid 1.0.4 sets an unrestrictive umask, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file or caus | Dec 8, 2009 | 6.9 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2009-4033MEDIUM A certain Red Hat patch for acpid 1.0.4 effectively triggers a call to the open function with insufficient arguments, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on | Dec 8, 2009 | 6.9 | 18 | NO | NO |
CVE-2009-0798MEDIUM ACPI Event Daemon (acpid) before 1.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and connectivity loss) by opening a large number of UNIX sockets witho | Apr 24, 2009 | 5.0 | 17 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (3 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Tim Hockin.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Tim Hockin — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.