CVE-2021-3567

A flaw was found in Caribou due to a regression of CVE-2020-25712 fix. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass screen-locking applications that leverage Caribou as an input mechanism. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962836	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:caribou:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-03-25 19:15

Updated : 2023-07-07 19:21

NVD link : CVE-2021-3567

Mitre link : CVE-2021-3567

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-3567

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnome

caribou

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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