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CVE-2014-1949

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu: 14.04
• GNOME Gtk: through 3.10.9
• LinuxMint Linux Mint: 17.0

References

• 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
• 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

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