Description
slock allows attackers to bypass the screen lock via vectors involving an invalid password hash, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference and crash.
Published: 2017-02-15
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-598-1 suckless-tools security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7751 slock allows attackers to bypass the screen lock via vectors involving an invalid password hash, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference and crash.
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Fedoraproject Fedora
Suckless Slock
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:43:38.418Z

Reserved: 2016-08-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6866

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-15T19:59:00.407

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-6866

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