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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 1, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-3164

CVE-2015-3164

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.

Affected products

12
  • Xorg/Xorg Server4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.99.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.99.902:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Xorg/Xserver7 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.1.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.2.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OpenSUSE/openSUSE
    cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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