Description
GNOME Shell 3.14.x before 3.14.1, when the Screen Lock feature is used, does not limit the aggregate memory consumption of all active PrtSc requests, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands on an unattended workstation by making many PrtSc requests and leveraging a temporary lock outage, and the resulting temporary shell availability, caused by the Linux kernel OOM killer.
Published: 2014-12-25
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-7171 GNOME Shell 3.14.x before 3.14.1, when the Screen Lock feature is used, does not limit the aggregate memory consumption of all active PrtSc requests, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands on an unattended workstation by making many PrtSc requests and leveraging a temporary lock outage, and the resulting temporary shell availability, caused by the Linux kernel OOM killer.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T12:47:32.779Z

Reserved: 2014-10-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-7300

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-12-25T21:59:02.937

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

Link: CVE-2014-7300

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-09-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-7300 - Bugzilla

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