CVE-2015-3164

lowpriority · track · 14EPSS 0.004 · 33 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.39% (33rd) EPSS

CVSS 3.6 · low

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

The authentication setup in XWayland 1.16.x and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 starts the server in non-authenticating mode, which allows local users to read from or send information to arbitrary X11 clients via vectors involving a UNIX socket.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

3.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.03.6lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 4.9

v2.03.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimary

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
opensuse opensuse= 13.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org x server= 1.16.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org x server= 1.16.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org x server= 1.16.1.901nvdUScpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org x server= 1.16.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org x server= 1.16.2.901nvdUScpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org x server= 1.16.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org x server= 1.17.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org xorg-server= 1.16.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org xorg-server= 1.16.99.901nvdUScpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org xorg-server= 1.16.99.902nvdUScpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org xorg-server= 1.17.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2015-07-01modified 2026-06-17

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references (13)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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