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CVE-2013-7220

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-04-29 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

js/ui/screenShield.js in GNOME Shell (aka gnome-shell) before 3.8 allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging an unattended workstation with the keyboard focus on the Activities search.

Affected products

• gnome-shell: through 3.7.92; 3.0.0, 3.0.0.1, 3.0.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.1.3 (+39)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/8
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686740
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030431
• https://github.com/o2platform/DefCon_RESTing/tree/master/Live-Demos/Neo4j
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/8
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686740
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030431
• https://github.com/o2platform/DefCon_RESTing/tree/master/Live-Demos/Neo4j

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