VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-1949
GTK+ 3.10.9 and earlier, as used in cinnamon-screensaver, gnome-screensaver, and other applications, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by pressing the menu button.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.33%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
GTK+ 3.10.9 and earlier, as used in cinnamon-screensaver, gnome-screensaver, and other applications, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by pressing the menu button.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 26th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- linuxmint/linux mint · gnome/gtk · canonical/ubuntu
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0374.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/327Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/331Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:162Broken Link
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2475-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759145Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064695Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/44Third Party Advisory
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0374.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/327Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/331Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:162Broken Link
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2475-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759145Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064695Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/44Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.