CVE-2015-0856
EPSS 0.41%
Description
daemon/Greeter.cpp in sddm before 0.13.0 does not properly disable the KDE crash handler, which allows local users to gain privileges by crashing a greeter when using certain themes, as demonstrated by the plasma-workspace breeze theme.
How to fix CVE-2015-0856
To remediate CVE-2015-0856, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/sddm—upgrade to 0.12.0-5 or later
Is CVE-2015-0856 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.12.0-5