CVE-2007-5585 — xscreensaver 5.03 and earlier, when running without xscreensaver-gl-extras (GL extras) installed, crashes when /usr/bin/xscreensaver-gl-helper does not exist and a user attempts to unlock the screen, which allows attackers with physical access to gain access to the locked session

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MEDIUM

xscreensaver 5.03 and earlier, when running without xscreensaver-gl-extras (GL extras) installed, crashes when /usr/bin/xscreensaver-gl-helper does not exist and a user attempts to unlock the screen, which allows attackers with physical access to gain access to the locked session

Published Oct 19, 2007

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.69%

Description

xscreensaver 5.03 and earlier, when running without xscreensaver-gl-extras (GL extras) installed, crashes when /usr/bin/xscreensaver-gl-helper does not exist and a user attempts to unlock the screen, which allows attackers with physical access to gain access to the locked session.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.69% 0.01686

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01686

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 (13 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.69% (0.01686)	76.19th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.69% (0.01686)	73.96th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.35% (0.00348)	55.12th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.38% (0.00383)	73.88th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 15, 2024	0.31% (0.00307)	70.15th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 22, 2024	0.30% (0.00299)	68.87th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.28% (0.00279)	67.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 24, 2023	0.28% (0.00279)	63.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.29% (0.00288)	63.94th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.02% (0.01018)	40.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	38.88th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	36.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	19.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-399

References (4)

http://secunia.com/advisories/27392
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26204
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=336331
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00336.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27392		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26204		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=336331		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00336.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 19, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Oct 19, 2007

Link CVE-2007-5585

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-5585

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-5585