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CVE-2014-1949
GTK+ 3.10.9 and earlier, as used in cinnamon-screensaver, gnome-screensaver, and other applications, allows physically proximate attackers…
High7.2EPSS 0.33%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 73% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- [oss-security] 20140212 cinnamon-screensaver lock bypass (tested on Fedora 20) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2475-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759145 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:162 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/44 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0374.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064695 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140212 Re: cinnamon-screensaver lock bypass (tested on Fedora 20) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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)
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