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.
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Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared X.org x Server
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.1.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:1.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.1.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.2.901:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:1.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products X.org x Server

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:39:31.640Z

Reserved: 2015-04-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-3164

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-07-01T14:59:07.267

Modified: 2025-08-29T13:42:30.557

Link: CVE-2015-3164

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-06-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-3164 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.