CVE-2014-3202

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 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: yes
Published: 2014-05-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Unity before 7.2.1 does not properly handle entry activation, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the ENTER key, which triggers the process to crash.

Affected products

Ayatana Project Unity: through 7.2.0; 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/26/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/26/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/03/1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1308572
https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1308750
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/26/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/26/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/03/1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1308572
https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1308750

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