CVE-2014-0979

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 23, 2014
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2014-0979: Low severity, CVSS 2.1 | Vulnix