CVE-2015-3164

low
Published 2015-07-01 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.6
VIR risk
3.6

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3164

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2015-June/022548.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse13.2affected
debian debianbookwormfixed2:1.17.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2:1.17.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed2:1.17.2-1
debian debiansidfixed2:1.17.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2:1.17.2-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
x.orgx_server1.16.0
x.orgx_server1.16.1
x.orgx_server1.16.1.901
x.orgx_server1.16.2
x.orgx_server1.16.2.901
x.orgx_server1.16.3
x.orgx_server1.17.0
x.orgxorg-server1.16.4
x.orgxorg-server1.16.99.901
x.orgxorg-server1.16.99.902
x.orgxorg-server1.17.1

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.