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CVE-2014-1949

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score0.0150%
EPSS Percentile38.03th
PublishedJan 16, 2015
Last ModifiedMay 6, 2026

Vulnerability Description

GTK+ 3.10.9 and earlier, as used in cinnamon-screensaver, gnome-screensaver, and other applications, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by pressing the menu button.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

💻
Linuxmint

Linux Mint

= 17.0
📦
Gnome

Gtk

<= 3.10.9
💻
Canonical

Ubuntu

= 14.04

References & Advisories

🔗 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0374.html
🔗 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/327
🔗 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/331
🔗 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:162
🔗 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2475-1
🔗 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759145
🔗 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064695
🔗 https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/44

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