CVE Database · CVE-2015-3164
CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
0.39%
Published
Jul 1, 2015
Modified
May 6, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit
All weaponized →No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.
Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
The authentication setup in XWayland 1.16.x and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 starts the server in non-authenticating mode, which allows local users to read from or send information to arbitrary X11 clients via vectors involving a UNIX socket.
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (12)
References (8)