CVE-2015-3164

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3164
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-3164.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-3164
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Published
2015-07-01T14:59:07Z
Modified
2025-08-29T13:42:30Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The authentication setup in XWayland 1.16.x and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 starts the server in non-authenticating mode, which allows local users to read from or send information to arbitrary X11 clients via vectors involving a UNIX socket.

References

Affected packages