CVE-2014-1949 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Canonical	Ubuntu
Gnome	Gtk
Linuxmint	Linux Mint

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.

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

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

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

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

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

No data.

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