CVE-2015-8316

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Array index error in LightDM (aka Light Display Manager) 1.14.3, 1.16.x before 1.16.6 when the XDMCP server is enabled allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an XDMCP request packet with no address.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.9/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-129

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/22/1Mailing List, VDB Entry
https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1516831Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284574Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/22/1Mailing List, VDB Entry
https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1516831Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284574Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Sep 6, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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