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CVE-2014-5195

• 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: 2014-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Unity before 7.2.3 and 7.3.x before 7.3.1, as used in Ubuntu, does not properly take focus of the keyboard when switching to the lock screen, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by (1) leveraging a machine that had text selected when locking or (2) resuming from a suspension.

Affected products

• Ayatana Project Unity: through 7.2.2; 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.3.0

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/109788
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68987
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2303-1
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/7.2/+bug/1349128
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95199
• http://www.osvdb.org/109788
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68987
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2303-1
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/7.2/+bug/1349128
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95199

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