CVE-2005-0078

The KDE screen saver in KDE before 3.0.5 does not properly check the return value from a certain function call, which allows attackers with physical access to cause a crash and access the desktop session.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0078 is rated Low Risk (25.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.08%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0078

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.17% 0.08% -0.09%
2 2023-03-07 1.02% 0.17% -0.85%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.02% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0078

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0078

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0078

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0078

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0078

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:woody:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 1.0 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 1.1 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 2.1_beta1 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.1_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 2.1_beta2 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.1_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 2.2 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 2.2_beta1 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.2_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.0_beta_1 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.0_beta_2 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.0_beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:advanced_servers:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux_advanced_workstation 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0078

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