gnome-screensaver: loses its unlock dialog and keyboard grab sometimes when unplugging monitor
Published Feb 11, 2010
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.42%
Description
gnome-screensaver before 2.28.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by moving the mouse position to an external monitor and then disconnecting that monitor.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.28.1
- 2.13
- 2.20
- 2.20.0
- 2.26.1
- 2.28.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 33.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 33.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00053) | 13.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 30.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 28.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 26.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (16)
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-screensaver/2.28/gnome-screensaver-2.28.2.news x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=a5f66339be6719c2b8fc478a1d5fc6545297d950 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=dcca89b7ab6e1220815af38da246434b2e13fd9f x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034904.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38468 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38532 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38534 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:040 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.osvdb.org/62219 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38149 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-898-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0414 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609337 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=562217 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0414
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0414
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.