{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8025","details":"driver/subprocs.c in XScreenSaver before 5.34 does not properly perform an internal consistency check, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by hot swapping monitors.","modified":"2026-02-04T03:09:44.075364Z","published":"2015-10-29T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2789-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8025"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8025"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.jwz.org/blog/2015/10/xscreensaver-5-34/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2789-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8025"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xscreensaver","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/xscreensaver@5.15-3+deb7u1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.15-3+deb7u1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["5.15-3ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"5.15-3+deb7u1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"xscreensaver"},{"binary_version":"5.15-3+deb7u1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"xscreensaver-data"},{"binary_version":"5.15-3+deb7u1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"xscreensaver-data-extra"},{"binary_version":"5.15-3+deb7u1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"xscreensaver-gl"},{"binary_version":"5.15-3+deb7u1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"xscreensaver-gl-extra"},{"binary_version":"5.15-3+deb7u1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod"},{"binary_version":"5.15-3+deb7u1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"xscreensaver-screensaver-webcollage"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8025.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}