CVE-2015-7496
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.
02 Description
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 3.18.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the Escape key.
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
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.5% 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
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2015-11-24 20:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 07:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-09-29
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4375004931b3d666414c273875f6e032cfc7032c5fa511c694f177a39e1fa00b
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-271025c598http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172328.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151117 Re: CVE request for Gnome gdm/screen lock crashhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/10
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2128https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2128
- download.gnome.orghttps://download.gnome.org/sources/gdm/3.18/gdm-3.18.2.news
- bugzilla.gnome.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758032
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151117 CVE request for Gnome gdm/screen lock crashhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/8
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gdm3 Fixed in 3.18.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gdm3 Fixed in 3.18.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gdm3 Fixed in 3.18.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. 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.