CVE-2012-1111
lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process,...
lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process, which allows local users to write to the lightdm log or have other unspecified impact.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process, which allows local users to write to the lightdm log or have other unspecified impact.
- Record
CVE-2012-1111- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process, which allows local users to write to the lightdm log or have other unspecified impact.
- Record
CVE-2012-1111- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-1145 No score
lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process, which allows local users to write to the lightdm log or have other unspecified impact.
- Record
EUVD-2012-1145- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hg8g-8g53-j2c8 No score
lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process,...
lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process, which allows local users to write to the lightdm log or have other unspecified impact.
- Record
GHSA-hg8g-8g53-j2c8- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process, which allows local users to write to the lightdm log or have other unspecified impact.
- Record
CVE-2012-1111- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-1111 No score
lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process, which allows local users to write to the lightdm log or have other unspecified impact.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1111- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10033-1 No score
liblightdm-gobject-1-0-1.21.1-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the liblightdm-gobject-1-0-1.21.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10033-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-1111 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Robert Ancell Lightdm, published October 27, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 40th percentile. Fixed in lightdm 1.0.9-1.