FKIE_CVE-2014-1949

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-01-16 16:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:05
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0374.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/327Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/331Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:162Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2475-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759145Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064695Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/44Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0374.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/327Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/331Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:162Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2475-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759145Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064695Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/44Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linuxmint linux_mint 17.0
gnome gtk *
canonical ubuntu 14.04
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