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CVE-2016-6866
slock allows attackers to bypass the screen lock via vectors involving an invalid password hash, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference…
High7.5EPSS 2.9%
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- mitre
Description
slock allows attackers to bypass the screen lock via vectors involving an invalid password hash, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference and crash.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- [oss-security] 20160818 Re: CVE request - slock, all versions NULL pointer dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://s1m0n.dft-labs.eu/files/slock/slock.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-985b68721b (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160818 CVE request - slock, all versions NULL pointer dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.suckless.org/slock/commit/?id=d8bec0f6fdc8a246d78cb488a0068954b46fcb29 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-1b7e66c08b (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 92546 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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