gdm: local DoS possible when cancelling and disable-user-list=true when fallback greeter is used
Published Apr 29, 2014
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 3.4.1 and earlier, when disable-user-list is set to true, allows local users to cause a denial of service (unable to login) by pressing the cancel button after entering a user name.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 3.4.1
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.1.2
- 3.1.90
- 3.1.91
- 3.1.92
- 3.2.0
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.1.1
- 3.3.92
- 3.3.92.1
- 3.4.0
- 3.4.0.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
gdm
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | gdm | Not affected | n/a |
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:N/I:N/A:P
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00368) | 28.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00368) | 28.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 17.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/10 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/16 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7273 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683338 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=704284 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050745 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7273
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7273
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/10 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/16 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7273 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683338 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=704284 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050745 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7273 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7273 |
Change history (0)
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