VDB
CVE-2014-0979
CVE-2014-0979
REJECTED
The start_authentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdm_greeter_get_authentication_user function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty username.
EPSS 0.41% · 33.8th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.41%
33.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | lightdm-gtk-greeter | 0, 1.6.1-0ubuntu1, 1.6.1-0ubuntu2 |
Timeline
- Jan 23, 2014 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 14, 2022 CVE Updated
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 30, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0979 third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/1266449 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857303 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0979 third-party-advisory