CVE-2011-2187

xscreensaver before 5.14 crashes during activation and leaves the screen unlocked when in Blank Only Mode and when DPMS is disabled, which allows local attackers to access resources without authentication.

• CWE-306

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2187Third Party Advisory
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=627382Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2187Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2187Third Party Advisory
• https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2187Third Party Advisory
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=627382Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2187Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2187Third Party Advisory
• https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Published

Nov 27, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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