Gdm denial of service
Published Aug 7, 2007
1.5
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.33%
Description
The GDM daemon in GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.14.13, 2.16.x before 2.16.7, 2.18.x before 2.18.4, and 2.19.x before 2.19.5 does not properly handle NULL return values from the g_strsplit function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (persistent daemon crash) via a crafted command to the daemon's socket, related to (1) gdm.c and (2) gdmconfig.c in daemon/, and (3) gdmconfig.c and (4) gdmflexiserver.c in gui/.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 2.14.12
- 0.7
- 1.0
- 2.0
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.8
- 2.13
- 2.14
- 2.14.1
- 2.14.2
- 2.14.3
- 2.14.4
- 2.14.5
- 2.14.6
- 2.14.7
- 2.14.8
- 2.14.9
- 2.14.10
- 2.14.11
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
gdm-1:2.16.0-31.0.1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0777
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | gdm-1:2.16.0-31.0.1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0777 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00327) | 23.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00327) | 24.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00086) | 22.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 30.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (22)
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.14/gdm-2.14.13.news x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.16/gdm-2.16.7.changes x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.18/gdm-2.18.4.news x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.19/gdm-2.19.5.news x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26313 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26368 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26520 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26879 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26900 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-11.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:169 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0777.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475451/30/5550/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25191 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018523 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2781 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3381 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=247655 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1599 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3381
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10887 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3381
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.