gnome-screensaver 3.4.x before 3.4.4 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4, when multiple screens are used, only locks the screen with the active focus, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation
Published Aug 7, 2012
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
Description
gnome-screensaver 3.4.x before 3.4.4 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4, when multiple screens are used, only locks the screen with the active focus, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.4.0
- 3.4.2
- 3.4.3
- 3.5.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of gnome-screensaver as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 as they did not include the upstream commit 43ee32edaddb9b9b9f4b43c47ca73d7b4eea9fae that introduced this issue.
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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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 1, 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 1, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00338) | 24.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00338) | 25.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00067) | 18.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 22.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 20.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 18.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 28.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 26.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/03/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/03/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3452 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679441 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3452
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3452
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/03/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/03/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3452 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679441 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3452 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3452 |
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