CVE-2010-0414
gnome-screensaver before 2.28.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by moving the mouse position to an external monitor and then disconnecting that monitor.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
gnome-screensaver before 2.28.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by moving the mouse position to an external monitor and then disconnecting that monitor.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnome/screensaver
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-screensaver/2.28/gnome-screensaver-2.28.2.news
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=a5f66339be6719c2b8fc478a1d5fc6545297d950
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=dcca89b7ab6e1220815af38da246434b2e13fd9f
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034904.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38468Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38532
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38534Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:040
- http://www.osvdb.org/62219
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38149
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-898-1
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609337
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=562217
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-screensaver/2.28/gnome-screensaver-2.28.2.news
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=a5f66339be6719c2b8fc478a1d5fc6545297d950
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=dcca89b7ab6e1220815af38da246434b2e13fd9f
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034904.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38468Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38532
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38534Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:040
- http://www.osvdb.org/62219
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38149
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-898-1
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609337
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=562217
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.