Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-6514

Title: Compiz Compiz Fusion

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-6514.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Mar 24, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.41%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-6514: 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.

Impacted Vendors

compiz 1

Reference Links

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 http://secunia.com/advisories/34465 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32712 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz-fusion-plugins-main/+bug/247088 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 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 http://secunia.com/advisories/34465 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32712 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz-fusion-plugins-main/+bug/247088 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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-6514 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 24, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.