CVE-2008-6514
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The Expo plugin in Compiz Fusion 0.7.8 allows local users with physical access to drag the screen saver aside and access the locked desktop by using Expo mouse shortcuts, a related issue to CVE-2007-3920.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-6481)
- Published
- March 24, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-6481 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- compiz / compiz fusion
References
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=561567
- http://gitweb.compiz-fusion.org/?p=fusion/plugins/expo%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f97a9fa6f0ad578f674d1f248bd7bef90e3260e0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33077(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34465
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32712(Patch)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz-fusion-plugins-main/+bug/247088(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47172
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00860.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00878.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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