CVE-2016-6866
suckless-tools - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.7%
Description
slock allows attackers to bypass the screen lock via vectors involving an invalid password hash, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference and crash.
How to fix CVE-2016-6866
To remediate CVE-2016-6866, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/suckless-tools—upgrade to 41-1 or later
- Debian/suckless-tools—upgrade to 38-2+deb7u1 or later
Is CVE-2016-6866 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 41-1
- from 0, < 38-2+deb7u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |