CVE-2014-5195
Unity before 7.2.3 and 7.3.x before 7.3.1, as used in Ubuntu, does not properly take focus of the keyboard when switching to the lock screen, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by (1) leveraging a machine that had text…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Unity before 7.2.3 and 7.3.x before 7.3.1, as used in Ubuntu, does not properly take focus of the keyboard when switching to the lock screen, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by (1) leveraging a machine that had text selected when locking or (2) resuming from a suspension.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.30% probability · 22th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- ayatana project/unity
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.3% 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://www.osvdb.org/109788
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68987
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2303-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/7.2/+bug/1349128
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95199
- http://www.osvdb.org/109788
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68987
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2303-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/7.2/+bug/1349128
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95199
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.