{"id":"CVE-2014-5195","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-5195","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:44:25.982Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2014-08-07T11:13:37.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:11:12.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-362"],"affected":["ayatana project/unity"],"epss":{"score":0.00299,"percentile":0.22425,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/109788","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68987","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2303-1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/7.2/+bug/1349128","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95199","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/109788","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68987","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2303-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/7.2/+bug/1349128","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95199","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5195","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}