CVE-2008-6514: Compiz Fusion

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Compiz Compiz Fusion: version 0.7.8 only

Published 2009-03-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.