CVE-2016-2312
Turning all screens off in Plasma-workspace and kscreenlocker while the lock screen is shown can result in the screen being unlocked when turning a screen on again.
02 Description
Turning all screens off in Plasma-workspace and kscreenlocker while the lock screen is shown can result in the screen being unlocked when turning a screen on again.
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
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- 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
- 2016-12-23 22:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 23:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-02-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- 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
- cad7d0526f9ef573c58eb20b9e87a3bdf6a25afe3fe27cc3de5e34ec09f206ff
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-17670e1b90http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177557.html
- bugs.kde.orghttps://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358125
- www.kde.orghttps://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160209-1.txt
- bugzilla.opensuse.orghttps://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=964548
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-2302ed02a7http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177454.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- plasma-workspace Fixed in 4:5.4.3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- plasma-workspace Fixed in 4:5.4.3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- plasma-workspace Fixed in 4:5.4.3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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