gnome-screensaver 2.14.3, 2.22.2, 2.27.x, 2.28.0, and 2.28.3, when the X configuration enables the extend screen option, allows physically…

Description

gnome-screensaver 2.14.3, 2.22.2, 2.27.x, 2.28.0, and 2.28.3, when the X configuration enables the extend screen option, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking, access an unattended workstation, and view half of the GNOME desktop by attaching an external monitor.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.6.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593616 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557525 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=2f597ea9f1f363277fd4dfc109fa41bbc6225aca (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0285 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• screensaver-monitor-setup-sec-bypass(56366) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:093 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 38254 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2010-0285](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2010-0285.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2010-0285)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 00:45 UTC.