CVE-2014-1949 describes a lock screen bypass vulnerability in GTK+ versions 3.10.9 and earlier, affecting applications like cinnamon-screensaver and gnome-screensaver across various Linux distributions including Canonical Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and GNOME. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.2) allows a physically proximate attacker to bypass the lock screen by simply pressing the menu button, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not currently a widely targeted vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linuxmint:linux_mint:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.10.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.