Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-0078
CVE-2005-0078
Description
The KDE screen saver in KDE before 3.0.5 does not properly check the return value from a certain function call, which allows attackers with physical access to cause a crash and access the desktop session.
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29cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 19 more
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.1_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.1_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.2_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0_beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <3.0.5
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:advanced_servers:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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