CVE-2014-0979

LOW · CVSS 2.1 EPSS 0.41%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2014-01-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-2014-0979

Severity

LOW

CVSS

2.1

EPSS

0.41%

Original NVD Description

The start_authentication function in lightdm-gtk-greeter.c in LightDM GTK+ Greeter before 1.7.1 does not properly handle the return value from the lightdm_greeter_get_authentication_user function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty username.