CVE-2014-1949
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 26.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-01-16 16:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 09:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-02-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e0d6d1db55699d6d8118a5baa044b51d75f626ea90bd60e4454ecd4fb266f2c9
05 Affected products
06 References
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20140212 cinnamon-screensaver lock bypass (tested on Fedora 20)http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/327
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2475-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2475-1
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759145
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:162http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:162
- github.comhttps://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/44
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0374.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064695
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20140212 Re: cinnamon-screensaver lock bypass (tested on Fedora 20)http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/331
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cinnamon Fixed in 2.2.14-1
- gtk+3.0 Fixed in 3.11.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cinnamon Fixed in 2.2.14-1
- gtk+3.0 Fixed in 3.11.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cinnamon Fixed in 2.2.14-1
- gtk+3.0 Fixed in 3.11.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- gtk+3.0 Fixed in 3.10.8-0ubuntu1.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.