CVE-2014-1949 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2015-01-16

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linuxmint:linux_mint:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

No data.

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-2002	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00037.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0374.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/327
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/331
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:162
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2475-1
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759145
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064695
https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/44

History

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Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu

Gnome Gtk

Linuxmint Linux Mint

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-01-16T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:58:15.992Z

Reserved: 2014-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-1949

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-01-16T16:59:00.047

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-1949

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-284

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